... empire. It was in fact the conquering of the west coast of Asia minor which put the city-states of Greece, primarily Athens, in conflict with the huge Persian war machine. The ionic states which were formally Greek colonies rose up against being ruled by the Persian empire in the ionic revolt of 499 BC. They pleaded with Athens for support ... concerning how it should be spent. This is when Themistokles, "who was destined to play so great a part in the war of 480 BC, came to the front of Athenian politics" . He took to spearheading the motion to use the 3000,000 Drachmas to build two hu...

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