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In 478 BCE, after the Persian invasion was repelled, Athens organised and led the Delian League of about 180 city-states in Asia Minor and the Aegean Islands to keep Persia from recapturing them. When peace was finally made with Persia in 449 BCE, Athens used it's maritime power to turn the League into an empire of its own, collecting the annual contributions by force.

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