Athens kept control over the Delian League even after the threat from Persia had abated. Members saw less need for a league with Persia out of the way, but Athens wanted to use it as a powerful coalition to exert suzerainty over the region. Some cities began to rebel, but they were kept in the league by force. Naxos, for example, rebelled in 471 B.C, and according to Thucydides, “was enslaved contrary to law”. In 454 B.C, the league’s treasury was moved from Delos to Athens and the members charged a “storage fee.”
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