Wars of the Delian League
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Were a series of campaigns fought between the Delian League of Athens and her allies (and later subjects), and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia.
Chronology
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January 477 BC: Kolophon joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 467 BC: Cimon, in 468 BC, attacked the city and it was enrolled in the Delian Confederacy.
January 477 BC: Akanthos became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Sermylia became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: After the capture of Byzantium, the Spartans elected not to continue the war effort, and a new alliance, commonly known as the Delian League, was formed, with Athens very much the dominant power.
January 477 BC: Aige became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Aioleion became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Akrothooi became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Aphytis became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Dikaia (Chalkidike) became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Galepsos (Chalkidike) became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Gigonos became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Haisa became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Kithas became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Kleonai (Chalkidike) became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Mende became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Olynthos became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Piloros became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Pleume became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Poteidaia became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Sane (Akte): assumed to be conquered by Athens, similarly to the other city-states of the region.
January 477 BC: Sarte became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Sinos became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Skithai became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Stagiros became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Torone (Chalkidike) became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Aigiale became a member of the Delian League, an alliance led by Athens.
January 477 BC: Minoa became a member of the Delian League, an alliance led by Athens.
January 477 BC: After the defeat of Xerxes the Thasians joined the Delian League.
January 477 BC: Ikos joined the Delian League at its founding in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Panormos joined the Delian League at its founding in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Seleinous joined the Delian League at its founding in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Skiathos joined the Delian League at its founding in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Bormiskos was mentioned in the Athenian tribute lists as a member of the Delian League in 422/1 BC.
January 477 BC: Argilos became part of the Delian League.
January 477 BC: Traïlos joined the Delian League at its founding in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Galepsos became part of the Delian League.
January 477 BC: Abdera joined the Delian League at its founding in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Ainos joined the Delian League at its founding in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Dikaia joined the Delian League at its founding in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Drys joined the Delian League at its founding in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Maroneia joined the Delian League at its founding in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Sale became part of the Delian League.
January 477 BC: The Persians were expelled from the Thracian Chersonese (modern-day Gallipoli Peninsula), after which the peninsula was for a time ruled by Athens, which enrolled it into the Delian League in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Athenai was conquered by the Spartan Pausanias in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Several cities passed to the Delian League after the persians were beaten back.
January 477 BC: After the failed Persian invasion, Abydos became a member of the Athenian-led Delian League.
January 477 BC: Liberation of Ophryneion.
January 477 BC: The city of Rhoiteion was freed after the war with the Persians.
January 477 BC: Assos joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Astyra Troika joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Birytis joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Dardanos joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Gargara joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Gentinos joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Gergis joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Ilion joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Kebren joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Lamponeia joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Palaiperkote joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Perkote joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Sigeion joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Skepsis joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Kokylion joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Tenedos joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Artaiou Teichos joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Artake joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Astakos (Propontic Coast of Asia Minor) joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Bysbikos joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Daskyleion joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Didymon Teichos joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Harpagion joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Kalchedon joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Kolonai (Propontic Coast of Asia Minor) joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Miletouteichos joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Prokonnesos joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Pythopolis joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Zeleia joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Kyzikos joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Elaia joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Gryneion joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Karene joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Kyme (Aiolis) joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Pitane joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Pordoselene joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Erythrai (Ionia) joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Klazomenai joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Airai joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Ephesos joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Lebedos joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Marathesion joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Myous joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Pygela joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Samos joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: In the 5th century BC, Kelenderis was a member of the Attic-Delic Sea League.
January 477 BC: Athenai became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 475 BC: Both Kalchedon and Byzantium (from 476 to 405 BC) were members of the Attic-Delic Sea League.
January 474 BC: Eion is besieged by the Athenian Empire.
January 474 BC: Aitna was founded by Hiero of Syracuse in 476/5 B.C.
January 474 BC: In c. 475 BC, according to Thucydides (1.98), Cimon defeated the Dolopians (the original inhabitants) and conquered the entire island.
January 474 BC: Eion is conquered by the Delian League in 475 BC.
January 473 BC: After the fall of Eion, other coastal cities of the area surrendered to the Delian League, with the notable exception of Doriscus.
January 469 BC: According to Plutarch, Cimon sailed with these 200 triremes to the Greek city of Phaselis (in Lycia) but was refused admittance. He therefore began ravaging the lands of Phaselis, but with the mediation of the Chian contingent of his fleet, the people of Phaselis agreed to join the league.
January 465 BC: The accession of further cities of Asia Minor to the Delian league, particularly from Caria, probably followed the battle of Eurymedon.
January 464 BC: At this point, some Persian forces were holding (or had re-taken) some part of the Chersonesos with the help of native Thracians. Cimon sailed to the Chersonesos with just 4 triremes, but managed to capture the 13 ships of the Persians, and then proceeded to drive them out of the peninsula.
January 464 BC: At some point between 468 and 465 BC, the Athenians under Cimon fought the Persians at the Eurymedon, and won; thus adding Pamphylia to their "Delian League" empire.
January 462 BC: Thasos surrenders to the Delian League and is reduced to tributary status.
January 460 BC: End of the Polis due to expulsion of its inhabitants during the Wars of the Delian League.
January 459 BC: Tiryns was destroyed around 460 BC.
January 459 BC: Megara defected from the Spartan-dominated Peloponnesian League (c. 460 BC) to the Delian league.
January 477 BC: Arisbe joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Singos became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Notion (Ionia) joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Neandreia joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Aineia became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 464 BC: Thasos rebelled against Athens in 465 BC.
January 477 BC: Myrleia/Bryllion joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Tinde became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Parion joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Strepsa became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Lampsakos joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Priene joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 457 BC: From 458 to 446 BC BC Troizen was occupied by Athens.
January 477 BC: Spartolos became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: After the Persian Wars, Amphipolis became a member of the Attic Sea League.
January 477 BC: Sidousa joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Tereia joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Astyra joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Dion (Chalkidike) became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Teos joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 464 BC: The Achaemenids probably recalled the Governor of Doriscus Mascames with his garrison around 465 BC, and finally abandoned this last Achaemenid stronghold in Europe.
January 477 BC: Myrina (Aiolis) joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Zone joined the Delian League at its founding in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Phokaia joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Thyssos became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Belbina became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Neapolis became part of the Delian League.
January 477 BC: Skione became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Larisa (Aiolis) joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Arkesine became a member of the Delian League, an alliance led by Athens.
January 477 BC: Skabala became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Assera became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Boutheia joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: In 478 BC, several cities joined the Athenian-dominated Delian League.
January 477 BC: Peparethos became part of the Delian League.
January 477 BC: Therambos became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Priapos joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Mekyberna became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Olophyxos became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Stolos/Skolos became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Neapolis (Chalkidike) became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Pteleon joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 477 BC: Polichnitai (Ionia) joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
January 464 BC: At some point between 468 and 465 BC, the Athenians under Cimon fought the Persians at the Eurymedon, and won, thus adding Pamphylia to their "Delian League" empire.
January 477 BC: Sane, Pallene became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
January 477 BC: Dios Hieron joined the Delian League. The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states founded in 478 BC under the leadership of Athens.
Was a Greek military campaign in the Achaemenid satrapy of Egypt.
January 459 BC: Inaros appealed to the Delian League for assistance in their fight against the Persians.
January 454 BC: Siege of Prosopitis.
Selected Sources
Hansen, M. G. / Nielsen, T. H. (2004): An inventory of archaic and classic polities, Oxford University Press, p. 1356-1359, p. 111-113
Roisman, J. / Yardley, J. C. (2011): Ancient Greece From Homer to Alexander: The Evidence, Hoboken (USA), pp. 96, 105–106
Spence, I. (2002): Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek Warfare, Scarecrow Press, p. XXIV
