When Athens’ slave miners discovered an ultra-rich lode of silver at the Laurion peninsula and were bent on dividing the proceed amongst the citizens, he persuaded them to invest it instead in a war fleet to resist the looming Persian invasion of the Greek mainland. This fleet became the core of Greek resistance when the Persians finally invaded in 489 BCE.
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During that invasion Themisticles convinced the Greek city-states to first defeat the Persian navy to remove their naval threat to the cities. He also devised some cunning tactical moves to win the turning-point battle of Salamis.
