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Facts

Born c.475 BCE
Died 418 BCE
Role In Peloponnesian War
Demosthenes
Greek general
Nicias
Greek general
Pericles
Pericles
Athenian statesman
Alcibiades and Timon
Alcibiades
Athenian politician and general
Miltiades the Younger
Athenian general
Theramenes
Greek politician and general
Aristides The Just
Aristides The Just
Greek statesman
“Phocion,” marble statue in the Vatican Museum, Rome
Phocion
Greek statesman
Thrasybulus
Greek general
Iphicrates
Greek general
Cleon
Athenian politician
Callias
Greek statesman [4th century BCE]
Phormion
Greek admiral
Cleophon
Greek statesman
Thucydides manuscript
Thucydides
Greek historian
Brasidas
Spartan military officer
Agis II
king of Sparta
Chares
Greek general
Charidemus
Greek mercenary
Archidamus II
king of Sparta