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First to move the funds to Athens from Delos to control them. Then when peace was made with Persia Athens continued to collect them annually, by force if necessary. Athens then diverted the money to maintain its navy to collect the funds and spent it on its own city and keeping half its citizens on the public payroll. It was a real Golden Age for Athens.

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