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De Paiva Gomes, J. R. “The exiled Athenian elites and political experiences in the Northwestern Aegean”. Živa Antika / Antiquité Vivante 75.1-2 (2025), pp. 193–202.

DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.47054/ZIVA251-2193g

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Abstract. – Peisistratus was exiled three times from the territory of Attica, the third exile leading him to the region of Thrace. This displacement granted both the tyrant and his generals – including the Miltiades – the Elder and the Younger – the title of oikistai, that is, founders of cities with the consent of the native populations. It is our view that these exiled elites fostered a new commercial activity, centered on maritime exchange between Athens and the Thracian settlements, established both on the Thracian mainland along the coastal littoral and in the region of the Chersonese. Peisistratus operated in the area between the rivers Strymon and Nestos and later at Sigeum, while the Miltiades assumed the role of “new” Thracian kings. This novel process of constructing an economic network brought about a shift in mentality and the adoption of a new mode of activity, one that facilitated the emergence of a new way of life shaped by the exiled Athenian elites in the Archaic Greek period.