The city was not destroyed during the Persian invasion andoccupation as the Persians used its accommodation as a base. Theydid however destroy the temples and gods as payback for thedestruction of the statues and temples by Athenian soldiers in thePersian provincial capital of Sardis two decades earlier whenAthens sent a force to Asia Minor to help a revolution by thecities of Ionia.

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When the Persians left Athens in 479 BCE, the Athenians rebuilt thecity walls and also built two walls providing a protectedconnection to the city’s port. The work was done by its citizensand slaves using whatever materials they could lay hands on, so itcost time and effort, not money.
Athens got money later on from getting paid by other city-states sotheir navy could protect them from the ongoing Persian threat.After the Persian threat receded they diverted the money for theirown public works (Parthenon etc) a fleet to dominate the othercities and keep half their population on the publicpayroll.

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