Answer to Question #161516 in History for Dylan

Question

What was Athens trying to achieve with the league they had formed?

Answer 1

The Delian League (or Athenian League) was an alliance of Greek city-states led by Athens and formed in 478 BCE to liberate eastern Greek cities from Persian rule and as a defence to possible revenge attacks from Persia following the Greek victories at Marathon, Salamis, and Plataea in the early 5th century.