MILITARY PERSONNEL

Cimon

510 BC - 450 BC

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Cimon or Kimon (Ancient Greek: Κίμων Μιλτιάδου Λακιάδης, romanized: Kimōn Miltiadou Lakiadēs; c. 510 – 450 BC) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cimon is the 130th most popular military personnel (down from 117th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 90th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Greek Military Personnel.

Cimon was a famous Athenian general and politician who is most famous for his victory over the Persians at the Battle of the Eurymedon River in 467 BC.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Cimon ranks 130 out of 2,058. Before him are Ferdinand Schörner, Miloš Obilić, Akechi Mitsuhide, Stilicho, Muhammad bin Qasim, and Semyon Timoshenko. After him are Louis-Nicolas Davout, Vasily Chuikov, Hermann Hoth, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, and Axel von Fersen the Younger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 510 BC, Cimon ranks 1. After him is Alcmaeon of Croton. Among people deceased in 450 BC, Cimon ranks 1. After him are Alcmaeon of Croton, Diagoras of Melos, Antiochus of Syracuse, and Pherecrates.

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    Cimon

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    510 BC - 450 BC

    HPI: 74.15

    Rank: 1

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    Alcmaeon of Croton

    PHILOSOPHER

    510 BC - 450 BC

    HPI: 73.88

    Rank: 2

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Cimon ranks 102 out of 1,024. Before him are Alexander of Greece (1893), John III Doukas Vatatzes (1192), Lysimachus (-361), Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt (1789), Diotima of Mantinea (-450), and John V Palaiologos (1332). After him are Myron (-500), Theo Angelopoulos (1935), Antiochus V Eupator (-173), Admetus (null), Dionysius the Areopagite (100), and Aristides (-550).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Greece

Among military personnels born in Greece, Cimon ranks 10. Before him are Ptolemy I Soter (-367), Miltiades (-540), Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318), Seleucus I Nicator (-358), Mardonius (-600), and Hephaestion (-356). After him are Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), Desmond Doss (1919), Djemal Pasha (1872), Parmenion (-400), Pausanias (null), and Lysander (-401).

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