WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -which group resent Athens growing power after the second Persian war? sparta, the peloponnesian league, and other members of the dean league all come to represent Athens growing power.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Delian League was created in a response to eliminate the threat of Persian invasions after the Persian Wars, as well as to defend Greek interests in the Mediterranean Sea. As the Delian League grew in power and influence, Sparta and its allies formed the Peloponnesian League to challenge the Delian League’s power.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -However, it marked the demise of Athenian naval and political hegemony throughout the Mediterranean. The destruction from the Peloponnesian War weakened and divided the Greeks for years to come, eventually allowing the Macedonians an opportunity to conquer them in the mid-4th century BCE.