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Originally it offered protection against Persia, provided the cities paid up their annual tax to pay for the upkeep of the Athenian fleet which protected them. However when peace was made with Persia, Athens still collected the money, by force if necessary, which it spent on itself. When Athens got into a war withe the Peloponnesian League, it dragged the cities into it.

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