Three years later negotiations, led by Aristides of Athens, began on the Greek island of Delos. The result was the Delian League, a sort of ancient equivalent to NATO. Few records remain of this ...

An empire was effectively formed when the Delian League merged with the Athenian League. Why was Athens able to become the richest and most powerful Greek city? Athenian city. Athenian economic might ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

Devastated by the invasion of Greece, approximately 100 Greek city-states joined forces to form the Delian League, a democratic military alliance headed by Athens. Member states contributed money ...