Treaty of Callias

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The Treaty of Callias was a purported 5th-century BCE peace agreement between Athens and the Persian Empire that is traditionally said to have ended the Greco-Persian Wars, though its historicity is debated by modern scholars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical controversy
peace agreement
treaty
alternativeName Peace of Callias NERFINISHED
chronologyRelation after Battle of Eurymedon
after Battle of Plataea
after Battle of Salamis
conflictEnded Greco-Persian Wars NERFINISHED
countryInvolved Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED
Athens NERFINISHED
describedAs purported peace treaty
traditional end of the Greco-Persian Wars
describedBySource Demosthenes NERFINISHED
Diodorus Siculus NERFINISHED
Isocrates NERFINISHED
Plutarch NERFINISHED
fieldOfStudy ancient history
classical studies
historiography of the Greco-Persian Wars
hasApproximateTime c. 449 BCE
hasContext aftermath of the Battle of Eurymedon
mid-5th century BCE Athenian imperial expansion
hasEffectOn Athenian hegemony in the Aegean
end of large-scale Persian–Greek military conflict
hasLanguage Ancient Greek
hasStartTime 5th century BCE
hasSubject diplomatic settlement between Greek poleis and Persia
historicity debated by modern scholars
disputed
locationOfSigning Athens NERFINISHED
Susa NERFINISHED
mainTopic relations between Athens and the Achaemenid Empire
namedAfter Callias NERFINISHED
notMentionedBySource Herodotus NERFINISHED
Thucydides NERFINISHED
partOf classical Greek–Persian diplomatic relations
relatedTo Delian League NERFINISHED
Peace of Kallias NERFINISHED
signatory Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED
Athens NERFINISHED
stipulated Athens to cease hostilities against Persia
Persian non-intervention in Greek cities of Asia Minor
ban on Persian warships entering the Aegean Sea
end of Persian interference in the Aegean
recognition of autonomy of Ionian Greek cities
topicOf modern historiographical debate
uncertaintyReason absence from earlier historical narratives
lack of contemporary epigraphic evidence

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Peace of Callias (traditional attribution) hasAlternativeName Treaty of Callias
subject surface form: Peace of Callias