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Themistocles

Savior of Greece

Themistocles was a Greek strategos active in the 5th c. BC during the Classical period based in Athens. Died: exile.

Historical Note

Built Athens into a naval superpower and masterminded Salamis. Later ostracized and died in Persian service — the ultimate irony for Greece's savior.

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