League of the Islanders

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The League of the Islanders was a Hellenistic-era confederation of Aegean island city-states that played a key role in the power politics between the major successor kingdoms after Alexander the Great.

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League of the Islanders canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aegean island league ⓘ
Hellenistic-era political confederation ⓘ
ancient Greek koinon ⓘ
capital Tenos ⓘ
composedOf Aegean island city-states ⓘ
createdBy Antigonus I Monophthalmus ⓘ
Demetrius I Poliorcetes ⓘ
currencyType local city coinages ⓘ
dissolvedBy loss of interest and control by Hellenistic monarchies ⓘ
establishedInPeriod early Hellenistic period ⓘ
formedAfter death of Alexander the Great ⓘ
governedBy federal assembly of member cities ⓘ
federal officials ⓘ
hadInstitution common council (synedrion) ⓘ
linked to: Boulē

common festivals ⓘ
federal magistrates ⓘ
hasMember Amorgos ⓘ
Andros ⓘ
Cycladic islands ⓘ
linked to: Cyclades

Delos ⓘ
Imbros ⓘ
Ios ⓘ
Kythnos ⓘ
linked to: Kea-Kythnos

Lemnos ⓘ
Melos ⓘ
Naxos ⓘ
Paros ⓘ
Seriphos ⓘ
Siphnos ⓘ
linked to: Sifnos

Skyros ⓘ
linked to: Skiros

Syros ⓘ
Tenos ⓘ
Thera ⓘ
heldFestivalAt Delos ⓘ
historicalEra Hellenistic period ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Aegean Sea ⓘ
mainFunction coordination of defense and foreign policy of member islands ⓘ
patronDeity Apollo ⓘ
playedRoleIn control of the Aegean Sea ⓘ
power politics of the Diadochi ⓘ
struggle between Antigonids and Ptolemies ⓘ
politicalSystem federal league of poleis ⓘ
religiousCenter Delos ⓘ
underHegemonyOf Antigonid dynasty ⓘ
Macedon ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
usedAsInstrumentBy Antigonid dynasty ⓘ
Macedonian kings ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

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Ptolemy II Philadelphus → supported → League of the Islanders ⓘ