The word Pentikodaetia is the conventional term for the fifty-year period between the end of the Median Wars
Because of the leading role played by Athens in repelling the Persians, she was able to group around her the many small cities of the Aegean islands, the Asia Minor coastline, the Euxine Sea, Thrace and Macedonia to form the Delian League |
Some scholars distinguish three stages in the changing character of the League. In the first phase |
Athenian hegemony, combined with the gradual elimination of the fear of the Persian threat, alienated the members of the Delian League, some of whom subsequently left the alliance. In the long run, it created an atmosphere which contributed to the start of the Peloponnesian War. |
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