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1 title in the archive · first depicted 480 BCE
Lived524 BCE – 459 BCE
Athenian politician who built the fleet that beat Persia at Salamis, and later died in Persian service following his exile from Athens.
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1 year of a 65 year life depicted onscreen
Distinct years the archive depicts, against Themistocles’s lifetime (524 BCE – 459 BCE) — 1.5% of it.
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Event
A decisive naval engagement in the straits of Attica where a smaller Greek force comprised of allied city-states under the leadership of the Athenian statesman, Themisocles, were able to defeat the larger Achaemenid Persian invasion force of Xerxes I, accordingly helping to turn the tide of the Greco-Persian Wars toward the Greeks' favor.
filed under 480 BCE
Runs throughGreco-Persian Wars
Event
A famed holding action and last stand at the pass of Thermopylae, where a small allied force of a few thousand Greeks, and famously 300 Spartans under King Leonidas of Sparta delayed the Persian advance of King Xerxes I during the Greco-Persian Wars.
filed under 480 BCE
Runs throughGreco-Persian Wars2 titles
What the films portraying Themistocles cost to make and took at the worldwide box office, as TMDB records them.
| Film | Budget | Box office |
|---|---|---|
| 300: Rise of an Empire | $110,000,000 | $337,580,051 |
US dollars as TMDB records them, not adjusted for inflation. 1 film of the 1 portraying them carries either sum.