Themistocles was one of histories greatest leaders and he was the savoir of his city. He realized if the Persians came again they wernt going to be defeated. Athenian’s discovered silver in 483 BC, Themistocles wanted to spend the money on ships, but he knew right away that the Athenians wouldn't want too and that they would want to divide the riches among themselves. So he found a way too convince them to use the silver for ships and they grew into a great naval force. The ships that they used were called triremes. It is an ancient ship,that had men rowing it on 3 levels with 170 men total. The ship could ram into their enemies ships easily. A man named Xerxes, took rule of Persia and he wanted to burn athans to the ground. So they gathered forces and troops and became one of the greatest forces. When the athianens found out that the persains were going to attack, they turned to their gods. They went to oracles, people who comunicated with the gods. They went to the oracle in Delphi, to see how they can be saved, and the oracle basically told them that they were doomed. However, Themistocles refused to panic and wanted to fight the Persians at sea. So then, the people of Athens evacuated and the Persians invaded and burnt their temples and buildings down. Themistocles had a plan, and tricked the Persians and the Athenians won the battle!
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