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Democracy and Greece’s Golden Age Chapter 5 Section 3 Vocabulary The Delian League • The Delian League, founded in 478 BC, was an association of Greek city-states, under the leadership of Athens, whose purpose was to continue fighting the Persian Empire after the end of the Second Persian invasion of Greece. Phalanx • A group of heavily armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep, with shields joined and long spears overlapping. Direct Democracy • Direct democracy is a form of democracy in which people decide on policies directly, as opposed to a representative democracy in which people vote for representatives who then decide on policy. • Basically every person gets to vote on every law. Pericles • Athenian leader whose leadership contributed to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece; he ordered the construction of the Parthenon, and strengthened Athens navy and government. Peloponnesian War • A series of conflicts fought between Sparta and Athens. Sparta eventually emerged victorious but both sides were negatively impacted by the fighting.