The Delian League
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The Delian League

B2Upper-intermediateJuly 16, 202654 min

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the origins and evolution of an alliance which transformed the geopolitics of the classical world: the Delian League. Since the start of the 5th Century BCE, city states across Greece had been fighting a series of armed conflicts in the Greco-Persian Wars. After the defeat of a second Persian invasion in 478 BCE, a league of cities across Greece came together and formed a new alliance led by Athens. That alliance is now known as the Delian League, after the island of Delos where it was established. In the following decades, Athens used the Delian...

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Hello. In 478 BCE, the Greco-Persian Wars had seen a series of armed conflicts for over 20 years.

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Hello. In 478 BCE, the Greco-Persian Wars had seen a series of armed conflicts for over 20 years. After the defeat of a second Persian invasion, a league of cities across Greece came together. They formed a new alliance, led by Athens, an alliance which we now call the Delian League. In the following decades, Athens used the Delian League to grow its own wealth and formidable naval power.

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