Laurion silver strike
483 BCE* · Event
A rich vein of silver is found at the Laurion mines; Themistocles persuades the Athenians to spend it on 200 triremes rather than share it out.
On these timelines: Greco-Persian Wars, Ancient Greece, Master
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