Before crowning himself Emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte lived in extreme poverty. After the Siege of Toulon in 1793, where he demonstrated his tactical genius with artillery, his career stalled and he even spent days surviving on water alone due to a lack of money. Everything changed in 1795 during the royalist insurrection of 13 Vendémiaire: the politician Paul Barras, remembering Napoleon's talent at Toulon, entrusted him with the defense of the National Convention. Bonaparte suppressed the revolt