... control. Athens seized the opportunity and , on the principle of defence by offence , organized a maritime league to prevent any possible renewed persian invasion. The confederacy included the Ionian and Aeolian cities of asia, many cities of the Propontis : Some in Thrace; the island of Lesbos ; Chios and Samos ; most of the Cyclades, Euboea; and later , Caria and Rhodes. An annual congress of allied deputies in which each state had an equal vote, was to meet at delos under athenian leadership . Anthen guaranteed the sovereign independence of each state, including the right to determine its own constitution and foreign policies. Athens as leader was to assess the requisite annual contribution , to collect it , and to act as the executor of decrees of the league .the , achineryof the league led naturallyto the domination of the organization by Athens. The League was essentially an ...

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