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کلئون
Sign in to saveCleon (; Kleon ; died 422 BC) was an Athenian politician and general (strategos) during the Peloponnesian War. The son of Cleaenetus, a wealthy tanner, Cleon was among the first prominent Athenian politicians of the 5th century BC to obtain power from outside the established elite.
Key facts
- Military person.name
- Cleon
- Military person.native_name
- Κλέων
- Military person.death_date
- 422 BC
- Military person.death_place
- Amphipolis
- Military person.allegiance
- Athens
- Military person.rank
- Strategos
- Military person.battles
- Peloponnesian War Battle of Sphacteria Battle of Amphipolis
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Classical Athens
- Place of birth
- Athens
- Place of death
- Amphipolis
- Position held
- strategos
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Conflict
- Battle of Amphipolis
- Military rank
- strategos
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- date of death
- 0422-00-00
- date of birth
- 0500-00-00
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- time period
- classical antiquity
- member of the deme
- Kydathenaion
- different from
- Cleone
- name in native language
- Κλέων
- significant place
- Classical Athens
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