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Themistocles
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Themistocles

Athenian politician

Born 524 BC · died 459 BC
Also known as Themistokles

Who was alive at the same time as Themistocles?

  1. Anacreon, c. 570 – c. 485 BC
  2. Xenophanes, 570 – c. 478 BC
  3. Cambyses II, 559–522 BC
  4. Simonides of Ceos, 556 – c. 468 BC
  5. Confucius, c. 551 – c. 479 BC
  6. Darius the Great, 550–486 BC
  7. Aeschylus, 525–456 BC
  8. Themistocles, 524–459 BC
  9. Pāṇini, c. 520 – c. 460 BC
  10. Xerxes I, 519–465 BC
  11. Pindar, 517–437 BC
  12. Parmenides, c. 512 – c. 470 BC
  13. Anaxagoras, c. 500 – c. 428 BC
  14. Phidias, c. 500 – c. 430 BC
  15. Sophocles, c. 496 – c. 406 BC
  16. Empedocles, c. 494 – c. 434 BC
  17. Pericles, 494–429 BC
  18. Protagoras, c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  19. Zeno of Elea, c. 490 – c. 425 BC
  20. Herodotus, c. 484 – c. 425 BC
  21. Gorgias, c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  22. Socrates, c. 470 – 399 BC
  23. Aspasia, c. 470 – 400 BC
  24. Mozi, 470–391 BC

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When Themistocles was born, Darius the Great was 25 or 26, Theognis of Megara was 45 or 46, Bimbisara was 33 or 34, Polycrates was 49 or 50 and Atossa was 25 or 26.

When Themistocles died, Critias was about a year old.

Born during Themistocles’s lifetime: Socrates, Sophocles, Herodotus, Pericles, Parmenides, Anaxagoras, Protagoras and Empedocles.

Not quite contemporaries: Cyrus the Great died about 6 years before Themistocles was born, Aristophanes was born about 11 years after Themistocles died, Antisthenes was born about 13 years after Themistocles died and Alcibiades was born about 6 years after Themistocles died.

What happened in Themistocles’s lifetime

Where Themistocles’s contemporaries were born

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The 42 best-known contemporaries

42 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Themistocles. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 492 BC.

  1. Confucius c. 551 – c. 479 BC
  2. Socrates c. 470 – 399 BC
  3. Sophocles c. 496 – c. 406 BC
  4. Herodotus c. 484 – c. 425 BC
  5. Aeschylus 525–456 BC
  6. Pericles 494–429 BC
  7. Darius the Great 550–486 BC
  8. Parmenides c. 512 – c. 470 BC
  9. Anaxagoras c. 500 – c. 428 BC
  10. Protagoras c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  11. Empedocles c. 494 – c. 434 BC
  12. Pindar 517–437 BC
  13. Xenophanes 570 – c. 478 BC
  14. Zeno of Elea c. 490 – c. 425 BC
  15. Xerxes I 519–465 BC
  16. Gorgias c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  17. Anacreon c. 570 – c. 485 BC
  18. Pāṇini c. 520 – c. 460 BC
  19. Phidias c. 500 – c. 430 BC
  20. Cambyses II 559–522 BC
  21. Mozi 470–391 BC
  22. Simonides of Ceos 556 – c. 468 BC
  23. Aspasia c. 470 – 400 BC
  24. Darius II 475–404 BC
  25. Theognis of Megara 570–485 BC
  26. Philolaus c. 470 – c. 390 BC
  27. Chilon of Sparta c. 600 – c. 520 BC
  28. Sushruta 600–500 BC
  29. Miltiades c. 554 – 489 BC
  30. Polykleitos c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  31. Critias 460–403 BC
  32. Śāriputra 568–484 BC
  33. Bacchylides c. 516 – c. 451 BC
  34. Aristides c. 540 – 467 BC
  35. Hippocrates of Chios c. 470 – 410 BC
  36. Bimbisara 558–491 BC
  37. Polycrates 574–522 BC
  38. Epicharmus of Cos c. 531 – c. 440 BC
  39. Cimon 510–450 BC
  40. Callicrates c. 470 – 420 BC
  41. Pherecydes of Syros c. 580 – c. 499 BC
  42. Atossa 550–475 BC