The Union - 'A Federation Alliance of Sovereign States...'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delian_League

'Modern scholars have studied the organization of the Delian League and the changing relationships of the members with great interest, because this organization is the first example in history of a federal alliance of sovereign states maintained over a long period, and in one of its phases is the first example of what has become known as imperialism. ..'

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761554764/Delian_League.html

'... in <spirit of> Edgar Allan Poe's <very on> words, "the glory that was Greece, <and with technological advancements that will even rival> the grandeur that was Rome!"

An Alliance and Union far ahead of its' time... and much at risk as her "... her enemies were now far stronger and more varied."