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For the moment, Sparta’s allies paid the price: after the Peloponnesians had retreated without a strike, Athens defeated the Boeotians and the Chalcideans. From the Boeotians she took much ransom money, and from Chalcis additionally the Lelantine Plain. A subsequent Boeotian campaign for vengeance failed, but supporting Thebes the Aeginetans attacked the coast of Attica, taking a large booty and causing great damage (Hdt. 5.79ff.; 6.87ff.).⁶⁵ A long conflict ensued that was settled only on the eve of Xerxes’ invasion (481: Hdt. 7.145.1). Hinting at this war, Themistocles convinced his fellow citizens to build a strong fleet of modern triremes (Hdt. 7.144.1). It would become essential for resisting Xerxes in 480/479 and, during the following decades, for Athens’ ascent to hegemony.