When a peace was made with Persia, Athens still collected the annual contributions of the Delian League whose purpose was to war against Persia.

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These funds were partly used to beautufy Athens and keep half its populace on the public payroll. The rest maintained Athens’ navy, which was used to collect the payments, by force if necessary, from the League cities and suppress revolts against its authority.

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