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Callias was the head of a wealthy Athenian family, and fought at the battle of Marathon (490) in priestly attire.
Some time after the death of Cimon, probably about 445 BC, he was sent to Susa to conclude with Artaxerxes, king of Persia, a treaty of peace afterwards misnamed the peace of Cimon. Cimon had nothing to do with it, and he was totally opposed to the idea of peace with Persia.