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Pericles was an honorable and wise politician who ruled Athens for 32 years. Pericles' goals were to strengthen Athenian democracy, to hold and strengthen the empire, and to glorify Athens. Pericles led Athens during its Golden Age, and valued things like the arts, politics, and military strength. Pericles decided that more public officials should be paid salaries. This meant that anyone could become a public offical and vote on controversial topics. A direct democracy is a form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives. The direct democracy of Athens was one of the most important and influencial ideas that Pericles put into place, and his reform made Athens one of the most democratic governments in history. Male citzens in the assembly decided on all of the rules and policies that affected the polis and city-states of Athens. Pericles saw that everyone in the assembly should be treated equally and have a fair vote. In "The Funeral Oration", from Thucydides, Pericles says "Our constitution is called a democracy because power is in the hands not of a minority but of the whole people". After the Persians were defeated in war, Athens took over the Delian league. The Delian league was a group of Greek city-states, led by Athens, created to fight the Persians and keep money in a treasury in case of a war. The money in the treasury was supposed to be used to make gear for war, but they had nothing to use it for when the Persians were defeated. Pericles used the money from the Delian league treasury to make Athens's navy the strongest in the Mediterranean and buy materials to make sculptures and buildings ,like the Parthenon.