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Spartan South Midlands Football League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (247 words) |
 | The Spartan South Midlands Football League is an English football league covering north London and parts of the Home Counties. |
 | The league was formed in 1997 by the merger of the London Spartan League and the South Midlands League. |
 | The Spartan South Midlands Football League Division One is at step 6 (or level 10) of the National League System and the Spartan South Midlands Football League Division Two is at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System. |
| Ancient History Sourcebook: 11th Brittanica: Delian League (5677 words) |
 | The general affairs of the league were managed by a synod which met periodically in the temple of Apollo and Artemis at Delos, the ancient centre sanctified by the common worship of the Ionians. |
 | The league was, therefore, specifically a free confederation of autonomous [onian cities founded as a protection against the common danger which threatened the Aegean basin, and led by Athens in virtue of her predominant naval power as exhibited in the wae against Xerxes. |
 | The gross selfishness of the Spartans, herein exemplified, was emphasized by their capture of the Theban citadel, and, after their expulsion, by the raid upon Attica in time of peace by the Spartan Sphodrias, and his immunity from punishment at Sparta (summer of 378 B.C.). |