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Cimon
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Cimon or Kimon (; – 450BC) was an Athenian strategos (general and admiral) and politician.
Key facts
- Military person.name
- Cimon
- Military person.image
- KimonSculpture.jpg
- Military person.native_name
- Κίμων
- Military person.native_name_lang
- grc
- Military person.caption
- Bust of Cimon in Larnaca, Cyprus
- Military person.allegiance
- Athens
- Military person.rank
- Strategos (general)
- Military person.death_date
- 450 BC (aged )
- Military person.birth_place
- Athens
- Military person.death_place
- Citium, Cyprus
- Military person.relations
- Miltiades (Father)
- Military person.children
- LacedaemoniusOuliusThessalusCimonMiltiadesPeisianax
- Military person.battles
- Persian Wars and Wars of the Delian League: Battle of Salamis Battle of the Eurymedon Siege of Eion Thasos revolt Siege of Kition
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Classical Athens
- Place of birth
- Classical Athens
- Place of death
- Salamis
- Father
- Miltiades
- Sibling
- Elpinice
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Position held
- strategos
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Conflict
- Greco-Persian Wars
- Military rank
- admiral
- Image
- Kimon.jpg
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- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- Commons category
- Cimon
- date of death
- 0450-01-01
- date of birth
- 0510-00-00
- name in native language
- Κίμων
- P8168
- Mills County
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Life
- Early years
- Marriage
- Military career
- Battle of the Eurymedon
- Thracian Chersonesus
- Trial for bribery
- Helot revolt in Sparta
- Exile
- Return
- Rebuilding Athens
- Death on Cyprus
- Historical significance
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Cimon or Kimon (; – 450BC) was an Athenian strategos (general and admiral) and politician.
He was the son of Miltiades, also an Athenian strategos. Cimon rose to prominence for his bravery fighting in the naval Battle of Salamis (480 BC), during the Second Persian invasion of Greece. Cimon was then elected as one of the ten strategoi, to continue the Persian Wars against the Achaemenid Empire. He played a leading role in the formation of the Delian League against Persia in 478 BC, becoming its commander in the early Wars of the Delian League, including at the Siege of Eion (476 BC).
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