What was the name of the alliance led by Athens in the Peloponnesian War?
Achaean League
Delian League
Corinthian League
League of Corinth
Answer
The Delian League, founded in 478 BC, was an association of Greek city-states, with the number of members 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.
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