Pericles had the treasury of the anti Person confederation, which it drove, moved from Delos to Athens. He was then ready to put it to Athens' selective utilize, and by keeping up a predominant naval force, could change the confederation to an Athenian Empire. And in addition utilizing the assets to keep up Athenian warships and contract groups, he occupied the yearly tribute demanded from the Empire to caring for Athenians - the masses were bolstered by changing over them to open representatives and sailors. The assets additionally paid for the general population structures including the Parthenon and so forth. As a pioneer, he was floated by this patronage and wound up a plainly generous tyrant. This kindheartedness had another side in his embroilment of Athens and its realm in a 27-year fratricidal war with Sparta and its partners, which destroyed the general energy of Greece, abandoning it open to Persian, then Macedonian, then Roman, then savage, lastly Turkish mastery.
