The Delian League was an alliance made up of Greek city-states led by Athens with the determination to fight the Persian rule that had befallen unto them. Athens commanded the combined military forces, and this fact put them on top of the hierarchy. The league had ten treasurers of the Hellenes who were all Athenians; basically, they held all the upper echelons of vital offices (Cartwright, 2016). The league members were called “polis,” and the smaller ones often sided with the Athenian’s Proposals, and Athens ended up at the top of the command chain. The Athenians also punished defectors from the league while the other cities were suppressed into submission. The move of the treasury from Delos to Athens also solidified their rule.
The Athenians took charge of the naval fleet as the other state saw it expensive to maintain whole ships for an entire year. They deemed it fit that they gave up their silver coins to Athens, and in return, Athens would build and maintain the ships (Planeaux, 2016). This practice was adopted at a time of war with the Persians, but Athens continued with the same practice of receiving pay for services after it was over. This practice has been adopted in the present times in international humanitarian organizations and trade blocs such as the United Nations and the European Union. Modern nations utilize unions for various significant purposes to help them in growth, security and other affairs affecting them.
Athenian female citizens were advantaged compared to the way other nations treated their women. They were free but could not exercise power nor perform transactions over a specific laid limit. The women were cautioned to stay at home and do their duties; that was also the only place they could freely manipulate and enjoy total freedom (Che, 2017). Certain women from affluent families had more rights than the general woman. I would never want to become an Athenian woman because their lives were pretty much dull, confined, and powerless. That would be a miserable life to a modern individual who has been endowed with excess in freedom.
References
Cartwright, M. (2016). Delian league. World History Encyclopedia. Web.
Che, J. (2017). Citizenship and the social position of Athenian women in the classical age. A prospect for overcoming the Antithesis of male and female. Athens Journal of History, 3(2), 97-118. Web.
Planeaux, C. (2016). The Delian league, Part 1: Origins down to the battle of Eurymedon (480/79-465/4 BCE).” World History Encyclopedia. Web.