Peace of Callias (traditional attribution)

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The Peace of Callias is a possibly apocryphal 5th-century BCE treaty said to have ended hostilities between the Achaemenid Persian Empire and the Greek city-states following the Greco-Persian Wars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient peace treaty
historical controversy
allegedClause Athenians not to send troops into Persian-controlled Asia
Greek cities in Asia Minor to be autonomous
Persian satraps not to approach the Aegean coast with armed forces
Persian warships forbidden west of certain Aegean limits
allegedlyNegotiatedBy Callias
surface form: Callias II of Athens
allegedlySignedBy Achaemenid Empire
Artaxerxes I of Persia
Athens
associatedWithRegion Aegean Sea
Asia Minor
Attica
attestedInSource Demosthenes
Diodorus Siculus
Isocrates
Plutarch
concernsBelligerent Achaemenid Empire
Athens
Delian League
Greek city-states
concernsConflict Greco-Persian Wars
consideredBySome apocryphal treaty
followsEvent Battle of the Eurymedon
surface form: Battle of Eurymedon

Battle of Mycale
Battle of Plataea
Battle of Salamis
Greco-Persian Wars
hasAlternativeName Treaty of Callias
hasApproximateDate 5th century BCE
c. 449 BCE
hasMainTerm cessation of Athenian attacks on Persian territory
demarcation of spheres of influence between Persia and Athens
end of Persian military intervention in Greek mainland affairs
recognition of autonomy of Greek cities in Asia Minor
restriction of Persian warships in the Aegean Sea
hasScholarlyDebateTopic date and even existence of the treaty
exact terms of Persian naval restrictions
extent of autonomy granted to Greek cities in Asia Minor
hasTraditionalAttribution Callias
surface form: Callias II of Athens
historicity disputed
influencedBy Athenian naval supremacy in the Aegean
Persian desire to stabilize western frontier
language Ancient Greek (probable)
notAttestedInSource Herodotus
Thucydides
relatedToEvent end of the Delian League’s anti-Persian campaigns
shift of Athenian focus to conflicts with other Greek states

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Artaxerxes I of Persia notableEvent Peace of Callias (traditional attribution)