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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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