Around that time Athens conquered many rival states. Aegina was similar to Athens in wealth and number of ships, when it was conquered. Its temple is greater (a

Around that time Athens conquered many rival states. Aegina was similar to Athens in wealth and number of ships, when it was conquered. Its temple is greater (arguably) than Parthenon. It was also common to take hostages (relatives from royal family and nobles) from conquered states. Those were executed if conquered state rebelled.