General

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Pausanias

Pausanias (†470 BCE): Spartan prince from the Agiad dynasty, commander of the Greek troops that defeated the Persians at Plataea (479 BCE). He is not to be confused with the author of the . …

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Pericles

Pericles (c.495-429): Athenian politician, leader of the radical democrats. Pericles After the Persian Wars, the Athenian naval victory at Salamis, and the…

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Phormio

Phormio: one of the most important Athenian commanders during the first phase of the Peloponnesian War (431-404), the Archidamian War (431-421). …

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Polyperchon

Polyperchon (394-c.303): Macedonian officer, regent for king Philip Arridaeus and Alexander, the son of Alexander the Great.Polyperchon was born as the son of a Macedonian nobleman named Simmias in the district of Tymphaea, the valley of the Upper Haliacmon. This…

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