biography
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Aristides
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known as Aristides the Just
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pronunciation:
[aristiydeez]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.530–c.468 BC)
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| biography:
| Athenian soldier and statesman. He became chief archon (489–488 BC), but about 483 BC his opposition to Themistocles' naval policy led to his ostracization. When the Persians invaded in 480 BC Aristides returned from banishment to serve at the Battle of Salamis, and was the Athenian general at Plataea (479 BC). Through him, Athens, not Sparta, became the ruling state of the Delian League. |
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