League formations with hegemonic tendencies in the Greek world, 4th cent. BC
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The hegemonial leagues of the 4th cent. shared two features: orientation towards a leading polis or person (hegemon) within the League and the foreign policy objective of expanding their sphere of action by treaties and/or military means in order to achieve hegemony over neighbouring territories or ideally over Greece and the Aegean region. Some of them were organized as a league of states, i.e. a federation of autonomous poleis led by a state empowered with executive foreign policy rights (hegemon) …
