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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