Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 479 BC, Helenawa, a ƙarƙashin Spartan Pausanias, sun ci sojojin Farisa a Plataea. Bayan haka, sojojin Atina suka soma bin Farisawa daga Tekun Aegean, kuma suka ci su da yaƙi a Yaƙin Mycale
, kuma a cikin 478 BC jirgin ruwan Athens ya kama Byzantium. Sa'ad da yake yin haka, Athens ta haɗa dukan ƙasashen tsibiri da kuma wasu ƙasashe da suka haɗa kai da su a ƙasar waje cikin ƙungiyar da ake kira Ƙungiyar Delian domin ana ajiye dukiyar Ƙungiyar a tsibirin Delos mai tsarki. Spartans, ko da yake sun shiga cikin yaƙin, sun janye daga duk wani ci gaba, wanda ya ba Athens damar zama ikon da ba a yi nasara ba a cikin yankin.