At the beginning of the 5th century BC, the Greek city-states were under threat from the powerful Persian Empire. It is in this context that an archon turned strategist, Themistocles, succeeded in imposing his vision of the future to the Athenian citizens: the development of a powerful fleet to control the Aegean Sea, militarily and commercially. The baptism of fire was not long in coming: the Persian king Xerxes I launched a great expedition against Athens in 481BC...
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Bibliographic Sources:
- Hayet Jean, La véritable histoire de Thémistocle, Les Belles Lettres, 2012, 170p.
- Green Peter, Les guerres médiques, Tallandier, 2012, 448p.
- Mary Luc, Les Thermopyles, Larousse, 2011, 208p.
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