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Pausanias expelled Persians from Byzantium and Cyprus.
Capture of Sestos.
Pausanias disgraced and recalled. -
Athens assumed leadership under Cimon and Aristides Membership:
Athens, most of Aegean island and Ionian cities, cities in Propontis, Thrace and Euboea. -
Cimon led an expeditionary force to recapture these two cities after the disgrace and recall of Pausanias.
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Persians expelled from their base in Thracev - added advantage for Athens and League in access to mineral, timber and trading opportunities.
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Cimon and League expelled Dolopian pirates and colonised it themselves. This freed Aegean from piracy, ensuring free flow of trade.
Value of Scyros on corn route rom Hellespont to Athens.
Capture of Scyros signaled 'flexibility' in League's aims. -
A campaign against fellow Greeks - not in orginal charter of League.
Carystus had not joined League but was benefiting from League activities without contributing.
Resentment of other Euboeans is implied by Thucydides.
Athens benefited from this action as Euboea was an important city on corn route from Hellespont. -
A clear turning point in the League's activities - first time League was used against a member state. 'Naxos was the first allied city to be enslaved, contrary to established usage'
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Cimon and the league won a major victory over the Persians at the mouth of Eurymedon River southern Asia Minor. This victory removed the Persian threat from the Aegean.
