489 BCE
The Athenian soldier and statesman, Aristides (the Just), is made chief archon of Athens. After his great victory in the Battle of Marathon, Miltiades leads a naval expedition to Paros to pay off a private score. However, the expedition is unsuccessful and, on his return, he is fined in a prosecution led by Xanthippus and put in prison where he dies of wounds received at Paros.
In the 480s BC, the 5th century BC.
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- The Athenian soldier and statesman, Aristides (the Just), is made chief archon of Athens.source
- After his great victory in the Battle of Marathon, Miltiades leads a naval expedition to Paros to pay off a private score. However, the expedition is unsuccessful and, on his return, he is fined in a prosecution led by Xanthippus and put in prison where he dies of wounds received at Paros.source