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Themistocles, Athenian Political and Naval Strategist (524 BCE - 460 BCE)

Athenian general and politician who fought in the Persian War and initiated the building of Piraeus, Athens' harbour. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199545568.001.0001/acref-9780199545568-e-6340?rskey=R7cuS5&result=4 Other biography: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Themistocles References in Documents:
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) Themistocles.