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Phoros

monetary payments that were made regularly from 477 to 413 B.C. by the city-states belonging to Greece’s Delian League. The phoros was paid into the league’s treasury and was intended to defray the members’ common military expenses. The total sum collected each year increased from 460 talents in 477 B.C. to 600 talents in 437 and 1,300 talents in 425. The phoros was paid annually by the time of the festival known as the Great Dionysia.

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