Athens started the Delian League after the Persian invasion in480-479 BCE and led it against Persia for the next 30 years to keepthe cities free, so it was not started after the wars. After thewar was over in 449 BCE Athens converted the League into an empireof its own, living well off the money it extorted from the League.

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