and once the battles commenced they would be in charge.

一旦战斗开始他们的权力就生效
But, of course, the decisions as to what to do,

当然了一些决策诸如该做什么
where to go to fight, when to fight and so on,

该到哪儿去何时开战等等
were made by the council of Greeks who were participating.

要由希腊人组成的议会做出决定
The Spartans did not attempt to impose their wishes at that point.

在这一点上斯巴达人不会强加干涉
So, the league really functions like a league of equals,

这个联盟真的像一个平等的联盟一样运作起来
but of course, the states are not equal in their power

当然城邦们在权力上并不平等
so that there's much more influence by the Spartans,

所以斯巴达人还是相当有影响力的
but there's also a lot of influence by the Athenians,

然而雅典人的影响力也很大
because of the size of their fleet.

因为他们人多势众
That's the way things were working

希腊的反波斯联盟
in the Greek League against Persia.

就是这样发挥着它的巨大作用