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98. Thermopylae & Salamis Episode 1

The Rest Is History

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Themistocles Argues That Athens Should Be a Great Naval Power

A massive seam of silver is discovered at a place called larion, which is on the kind of aatic coast east of athens. There's a debate as to what should be done with this money. Themistocles argues that we should invest this money in a fleet. We should make ourselves the greatest power in greece. And so he says, could build a huge fleet, and then we could beat the crap out of oigena,. He also has his eyeson making athens a great naval power as well as a great trading power.

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