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Obscure and under-rated, Cimon gives us a personal look at the time between the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars, also called the Pentecontaetia.

Important People

• Aristides - The Athenian politician and general famous for his integrity. Main political rival of the cunning Themistocles.
• Themistocles - Mastermind strategist behind the tactics of Salamis and the abandonment of Athens 
• Pericles - Athenian politician who will lead Athens into the Peloponnesian War and then die of the plague only a few years later. 

Important Places

• River Strymon - Thrace (7.1)
• Scyros (8.3) (Dolopians? Thessalians?)
• Pamphylia (12.2) Chelidonian Islands; Cnidus and Triopium
• Phaselis (12.3) Chians (Chios)
• Ithome (17.2)
• Tanagra (17.3)
• Citium (18.1, 5)

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