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.
Conflict & Security
- The Athenian soldier and statesman, Aristides (the Just), is made chief archon of Athens.source
Deaths
- 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
- Cleomenes I, king of Sparta (approximate date)source
- Miltiades, Athenian general (b. c. 550 BC)source