Athens in the 5th century BC

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The Golden Age of Athens refers to the ancient Greek city-state of Athens in the 5th century BC. This era is traditionally heralded to having begun in 478 BC, after the defeat of the Persian invasion, when an Athenian-led coalition of city-states, known as the Delian League, confronted the Persians to keep the liberated Greek cities of coastal Asia Minor free. It was buoyed by political hegemony, economic growth accompanied by artistic and cultural flourishing. After peace was made with Persia in the mid-5th century BC, what started as an Athenian-led alliance of independent city-states, had become an Athenian empire since Athens abandoned the pretense of parity among its allies and relocated the Delian League treasury from Delos to Athens, where it funded the building of the Athenian Acropolis, put half its population on the public payroll, and maintained its position as the dominant naval power in the Greek world. With the empire's funds, military dominance and its political fortunes...

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