Themistocles
Athenian politician and general (c. 524–459 BC)
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Updated 2026-05-29
Athenian general who talked his city into building a navy and became the guy who mattered when Persia showed up. Populist firebrand who didn't need blue blood to run things, just a knack for getting the masses behind him.
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Themistocles was an Athenian politician and general. 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 (490 BC), and may have been one of the ten Athenian strategoi…
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