Callias
Callias was the head of a wealthy Athenian family, and fought at the battle of Marathon (490) in priestly attire.
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Athenian - Battle of Marathon - 490
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Some time after the death of Cimon, probably about 445 BC, he was sent to Susa to conclude with Artaxerxes I, king of Persia, a treaty of peace afterwards misnamed the peace of Cimon. Cimon had nothing to do with it, and he was totally opposed to the idea of peace with Persia.
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Cimon - 445 BC - Susa - Artaxerxes I - Persia - Peace of Cimon
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At all events Callias's mission does not seem to have been successful; he was indicted for high treason on his return to Athens and sentenced to a fine of fifty talents.
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High treason - Athens
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His son, Hipponicus was also a military commander.
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See Herodotus vii. 151; Diod. Sic. xii. 4; Demosthenes, De Falsa Legatione, p. 428; Grote recognizes the treaty as a historical fact, History of Greece, ch. xlv., while Curtius, bk. iii. ch. ii., denies the conclusion of any formal treaty; see also Ed. Meyer, Forschungen., ii.; JB Bury in Hermathena, xxiv. (1898).
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Herodotus - Diod. Sic. - Demosthenes - Grote - Curtius - JB Bury
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