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- Flourished:
- 5th century bc
- Flourished:
- 500 BCE - 401 BCE
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Callias
Greek statesman [5th century BCE]
Callias (flourished 5th century bc) was a diplomat and a notable member of one of the wealthiest families of ancient Athens.
Callias is usually credited with negotiating the peace treaty of 450/449 between the Greeks and the Persiansācalled the Peace of Callias. This treaty officially concluded the long but intermittent Greco-Persian Wars. Callias is said to have distinguished himself in the Greek victory over the invading Persians at Marathon (490) and to have won the chariot race at the Olympic games three times. In addition to his probable role in negotiating the Peace of Callias, he seems to have helped formulate the Thirty Yearsā Treaty between Athens and Sparta in 446/445.
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