Athens turned the anti-Persian coalition of 180 Greek city-statesinto an empire, which it mulcted of money to spend on itself. Theseresources also enabled Athens to gain the military force tointerfere in other Greek cities, leading to war with thePeloponnesian League led by Sparta, a devastating 27-year war,which Athens lost and was stripped of its empire.

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