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Themistocles
Athenian politician and general (c. 524–459 BC)
For other people named Themistocles, see Themistocles (disambiguation).
Themistocles (; Ancient Greek: Θεμιστοκλῆς; c. 524 – c. 459 BC)[1][2] was an Athenian politician and general.
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He was one of a new breed of non-aristocratic politicians who rose to prominence in the early years of the Athenian democracy. As a politician, Themistocles was a populist, having the support of lower-class Athenians, and generally being at odds with the Athenian nobility.
Elected archon in 493 BC, he convinced the polis to increase the naval power of Athens, a recurring theme in his political career. During the first Persian invasion of Greece, he fought at the Battle of Marathon[3] (490 BC), and may have been one of the ten Athenian strategoi (generals) in that battle.
In the years after Marathon, and in the run-up to the second Persian invasion of 480–479 BC, Themi
