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c. 524 BCE - c. 460 BCELife of Athenian general and statesman Themistocles.
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493 BCEThemistocles is made archon in Athens.
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11 Sep 490 BCEA combined force of Greek hoplites defeat the Persians at Marathon.
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c. 483 BCEThemistocles persuades the Athenians to significantly expand their fleet, which saves them at Salamis and becomes their source of power.
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480 BCEThe fortifications of Piraeus instigated by Themistocles are completed.
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Aug 480 BCEThe indecisive battle of Artemision between the Greek and Persian fleets of Xerxes I. The Greeks withdraw to Salamis.
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Aug 480 BCEBattle of Thermopylae. 300 Spartans under King Leonidas and other Greek allies hold back the Persians led by Xerxes I for three days but are defeated.
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Sep 480 BCEBattle of Salamis where the Greek naval fleet led by Themistocles defeats the invading armada of Xerxes I of Persia.
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479 BCEXerxes' Persian forces are defeated by Greek forces at Plataea effectively ending Persia's imperial ambitions in Greece.
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c. 471 BCEThe general and statesman Themistocles is voted in an ostracism and exiled from Athens.
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c. 460 BCEExiled Athenian statesman Themistocles dies in Magnesia of illness, poison or suicide.
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411 BCEThe Athenian general Themistocles builds fortifications on Kos.
