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Died	408 BCE or 407 BCE
Role In	Peloponnesian War

Gylippus

Spartan general

Archidamus II

king of Sparta

Dionysius I

ruler of Syracuse

Hieron II

tyrant and king of Syracuse

Demosthenes

Greek general

Nicias

Greek general

Tissaphernes

Persian satrap

Brasidas

Spartan military officer

Agis II

king of Sparta

Laches

Greek general

Gelon

tyrant of Gela and Syracuse

Hieron I

tyrant of Syracuse

Dionysius II

ruler of Syracuse

Dion

ruler of Syracuse

John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg

American clergyman and politician

Murtala Ramat Mohammed

head of state of Nigeria

Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin

French general and diplomat

Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo

Mexican military officer

William B. Travis

United States military officer

James Fannin

American military figure