WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The Delian League, founded in 478 BC, was an association of Greek city-states, numbering between 150 and 330, under the leadership of Athens, whose purpose was to continue fighting the Persian Empire after the Greek victory in the Battle of Plataea at the end of the Second Persian invasion of Greece.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Delian League was a coalition of Greek cities, led by the city of Athens, that united to fight against the Persian Empire in 478 BC.

Detailed explanation-3: -By 377 Athens, with Cos, Mytilene, Methymna, Rhodes, and Byzantium, formed the nucleus of a new naval league, whose objective was to preserve peace and prevent Spartan aggression.

Detailed explanation-4: -The spectacular defeat of the Persians at Salamis in 480 led to the formation of a more permanent alliance. 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.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Delian and the Peloponnesian Leagues were two groups of allies that were run by the Athenians and Spartans. The Delian League was founded and ran by the city-state of Athens, while the Peloponnesian League was founded and ran by the Spartans. Athens and Sparta were both the most powerful allies in their leagues.