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Originally they willingly made an annual voluntary monetary contribution to the League to protect them from the Persians. Athens began to ruthlessly enforce these payments, sending out a fleet to collect the money each year, by force where necessary.
After peace was made with Persia after 20 years, Athens continued to enforce the payments, moved the League treasury from Delos to Athens, and spent the money on itself - building the Parthenon, putting half its own population on the public payroll, and maintaining a war fleet to enforce the collections. As Pericles admitted, they turned the league into an empire of Athens.
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Mad Child
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