• Themistocles, with his power-base firmly established among the poor, moved naturally to fill the vacuum left by Miltiades' death, and in that decade became the...
  • ^ "Legend says that Themistocles poisoned himself rather than follow the Great King's order to make war on Athens.
  • Plutarch also tells us he had two daughters called Sybaris and Italia and one son, whom Themistocles once described as the most powerful man in Greece
  • Themistocles urged that the Athenian fleet, then 70 strong, be doubled or trebled, but he was opposed.
  • The awareness of his origins and his early struggles marked Themistocles, making him the greatest radical democratic leader in Athens.
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    Bulunamadı: themistocles
  • The name Themistocles is primarily used in Greece and other parts of the Western world as a given name for boys.
  • Following the fall of the aristocratic power in Athenian politics, Themistocles entered politics and became ruling archon of Athens in 493 BC.
  • The Athenians now began to restore their ruined city, and Themistocles urged them to rebuild the walls and make them stronger than before.
  • Before Themistocles Athens was a considerable naval power, but the navy was considered subordinate to the land-forces.