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It not only enabled it to dominate the eastern Mediterranean Sea and see off the Persian threat, but it was also necessary to enforce collection of the annual war fund contributions of the 200 city-states after the Persian threat receded. The casualty inscriptions of the Athenian tribes show large annual death tolls from the many fights to force the Greek cities to pay up. It was this money which supported Athenian naval power and the aggrandisement of the city and its culture and lifestyle.

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