Themistocles[1] was convinced that the Persian empire will attack the Greeks for a second time, so he pushed for crating a naval fleet. Athenians (democracy eh?

Themistocles[1] was convinced that the Persian empire will attack the Greeks for a second time, so he pushed for crating a naval fleet. Athenians (democracy eh?) were not on board, so he played an entire city by knowingly lying to them (those politician sucked from day one) effectively saving the city and to an extend western civilization as we know it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Themistocles https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Themistocles