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Themistocles and the Silver Fleet: How Athens Won at Salamis
In 483 BCE, the Athenian assembly made a decision that changed the course of history. A rich vein of silver had been discovered at the mines of Laurion, and the city had to decide what to do with the windfall. Some wanted to distribute it as a dividend to citizens. But one man, Themistocles, argued for something far more ambitious: building a fleet of two hundred triremes, the most advanced warships of the age. This episode tells the story of that fateful choice, the construction of the Athenian navy, and the Battle of Salamis that followed in 480 BCE. We explore the political maneuvering…
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