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Miltiades the Younger
Miltiades
Athenian general, victor of Marathon (490 BC); died in Athenian prison after a fine he could not pay.
Reading notes
- Tusculan Disputations §4.44 he was roused from sleep by the trophies of Miltiades
Themistocles said that the victory monuments of Miltiades, the Athenian general at Marathon, kept him awake at night with ambition. Cicero cites it as ardor, not a passion to be praised.