It gave Athens too much power, making the other city-states resent it.
Athens turned the anti-Persian league into an empire of its own, enforcing collection of the annual war funds by a fleet of warships. It then spent the money, not on security but on a high life for itself.
The money they paid to the league funds to secure them from the Persians was used by Athens to fund its fleet, and when peace was arranged with the Persians, Athens continued to collect the money and use it to beautify the city, keep half its people in public employment, and keep a hundred ships at sea collecting the money by force where necessary.
The Delian League was formed under Athenian leadership to keep the city-states of Asia Minor and the Islands free of Persian rule. When peace was made with Persia, Athens kept the League going and collected the war funds each year, by force if necessary. Athens moved the treasury from Delos to Athens and happily spent them on beautifying the city, putting half its own citizens on the public payroll, and kept a strong fleet going to collect the funds from the cities. Pericles, a leader of Athens, admitted that Athens had converted the league to protect against the Persian Empire into an empire of its own.
After the Persian invasion 480-479 BCE was repelled by the league of southern Greek cities, Athens took over leadership of 180 freed cities to keep the Persians at bay, forming the Delian League. Some cities came to resent having to pay for this protection and started to leave. Athens led expeditions to enforce payment of the annual tax to pay for the navies of the League, beginning with Naxos. When the Persians finally made peace in 449 BCE, Athens continued to exact the payments, by force where necessary. It misused the money by spending it on itself, and reduced the cities into a virtual empire under its dominance and financial extortion. This lasted until 404 BCE when Athens was defeated in the Peloponnesian War and was stripped of its empire.
It gave Athens too much power, making the other city-states resent it.
Athens turned the anti-Persian league into an empire of its own, enforcing collection of the annual war funds by a fleet of warships. It then spent the money, not on security but on a high life for itself.
The money they paid to the league funds to secure them from the Persians was used by Athens to fund its fleet, and when peace was arranged with the Persians, Athens continued to collect the money and use it to beautify the city, keep half its people in public employment, and keep a hundred ships at sea collecting the money by force where necessary.
The Delian League was formed under Athenian leadership to keep the city-states of Asia Minor and the Islands free of Persian rule. When peace was made with Persia, Athens kept the League going and collected the war funds each year, by force if necessary. Athens moved the treasury from Delos to Athens and happily spent them on beautifying the city, putting half its own citizens on the public payroll, and kept a strong fleet going to collect the funds from the cities. Pericles, a leader of Athens, admitted that Athens had converted the league to protect against the Persian Empire into an empire of its own.
After the Persian invasion 480-479 BCE was repelled by the league of southern Greek cities, Athens took over leadership of 180 freed cities to keep the Persians at bay, forming the Delian League. Some cities came to resent having to pay for this protection and started to leave. Athens led expeditions to enforce payment of the annual tax to pay for the navies of the League, beginning with Naxos. When the Persians finally made peace in 449 BCE, Athens continued to exact the payments, by force where necessary. It misused the money by spending it on itself, and reduced the cities into a virtual empire under its dominance and financial extortion. This lasted until 404 BCE when Athens was defeated in the Peloponnesian War and was stripped of its empire.
Athens abused its leadership of the Dalian League, formed to protect against the Persian Empire invasion. When Persia agreed to peace, Athens turned the 180-city league into an empire of its own, continuing to collect the war contributions by force and spending the money on itself - the Parthenon etc, keeping half its own citizens on the public payroll, and maintaining a navy to enforce the annual money collection. It also used this power to interfere in other Geek cities outside its empire, eventually trying to bankrupt its neighbour Megara in a spiteful dispute. Megara was a member of the Sparta-led Peloponnesian League and called for support. An over-confident Athens refused to back off and the devastating Peloponnesian War ensued for 27 yeas, Athens losing and stripped of its empire, becoming a second rate power.
Athens abused its leadership of the Dalian League, formed to protect against the Persian Empire invasion. When Persia agreed to peace, Athens turned the 180-city league into an empire of its own, continuing to collect the war contributions by force and spending the money on itself - the Parthenon etc, keeping half its own citizens on the public payroll, and maintaining a navy to enforce the annual money collection. It also used this power to interfere in other Geek cities outside its empire, eventually trying to bankrupt its neighbour Megara in a spiteful dispute. Megara was a member of the Sparta-led Peloponnesian League and called for support. An over-confident Athens refused to back off and the devastating Peloponnesian War ensued for 27 yeas, Athens losing and stripped of its empire, becoming a second rate power.
Athens abused its leadership of the Dalian League, formed to protect against the Persian Empire invasion. When Persia agreed to peace, Athens turned the 180-city league into an empire of its own, continuing to collect the war contributions by force and spending the money on itself - the Parthenon etc, keeping half its own citizens on the public payroll, and maintaining a navy to enforce the annual money collection. It also used this power to interfere in other Geek cities outside its empire, eventually trying to bankrupt its neighbour Megara in a spiteful dispute. Megara was a member of the Sparta-led Peloponnesian League and called for support. An over-confident Athens refused to back off and the devastating Peloponnesian War ensued for 27 yeas, Athens losing and stripped of its empire, becoming a second rate power.
Athens abused its leadership of the Dalian League, formed to protect against the Persian Empire invasion. When Persia agreed to peace, Athens turned the 180-city league into an empire of its own, continuing to collect the war contributions by force and spending the money on itself - the Parthenon etc, keeping half its own citizens on the public payroll, and maintaining a navy to enforce the annual money collection. It also used this power to interfere in other Geek cities outside its empire, eventually trying to bankrupt its neighbour Megara in a spiteful dispute. Megara was a member of the Sparta-led Peloponnesian League and called for support. An over-confident Athens refused to back off and the devastating Peloponnesian War ensued for 27 yeas, Athens losing and stripped of its empire, becoming a second rate power.
Athens abused its leadership of the Dalian League, formed to protect against the Persian Empire invasion. When Persia agreed to peace, Athens turned the 180-city league into an empire of its own, continuing to collect the war contributions by force and spending the money on itself - the Parthenon etc, keeping half its own citizens on the public payroll, and maintaining a navy to enforce the annual money collection. It also used this power to interfere in other Geek cities outside its empire, eventually trying to bankrupt its neighbour Megara in a spiteful dispute. Megara was a member of the Sparta-led Peloponnesian League and called for support. An over-confident Athens refused to back off and the devastating Peloponnesian War ensued for 27 yeas, Athens losing and stripped of its empire, becoming a second rate power.
Athens abused its leadership of the Dalian League, formed to protect against the Persian Empire invasion. When Persia agreed to peace, Athens turned the 180-city league into an empire of its own, continuing to collect the war contributions by force and spending the money on itself - the Parthenon etc, keeping half its own citizens on the public payroll, and maintaining a navy to enforce the annual money collection. It also used this power to interfere in other Geek cities outside its empire, eventually trying to bankrupt its neighbour Megara in a spiteful dispute. Megara was a member of the Sparta-led Peloponnesian League and called for support. An over-confident Athens refused to back off and the devastating Peloponnesian War ensued for 27 yeas, Athens losing and stripped of its empire, becoming a second rate power.
The word "resent" in French is spelled "ressentir."