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Agesilaus II

444 BC - 360 BC

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Agesilaus II (; Ancient Greek: Ἀγησίλαος Agēsílāos; 445/4 – 360/59 BC) was king of Sparta from c. 400 to c. 360 BC. Generally considered the most important king in the history of Sparta, Agesilaus was the main actor during the period of Spartan hegemony that followed the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Agesilaus II has received more than 365,020 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Agesilaus II is the 2,009th most popular politician (down from 1,795th in 2019), the 151st most popular biography from Greece (down from 146th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Greek Politician.

Agesilaus II was most famous for being the king of Sparta and leading the Spartan army in the Peloponnesian War.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Agesilaus II ranks 2,009 out of 19,576. Before him are Najm ad-Din Ayyub, Axel Oxenstierna, Al-Hakam II, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Nikolai Podgorny, and Andrew I of Hungary. After him are Jayavarman VII, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Emperor Annei, Sigebert III, John Buchan, and Louise of Savoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 444 BC, Agesilaus II ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 360 BC, Agesilaus II ranks 2. Before him is Democritus. After him are Atropates, Agnodice, Lais of Corinth, Dinocrates, Campaspe, Aeschines of Sphettus, Artabazos II, Silanion, Polykleitos the Younger, and Lais of Hyccara.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Agesilaus II ranks 151 out of 1,024. Before him are Georgios Papadopoulos (1919), Ephialtes of Trachis (-550), Sophia Palaiologina (1455), Gülnuş Sultan (1642), Djemal Pasha (1872), and Speusippus (-407). After him are Lysander (-401), Panaetius (-185), Epimenides (-690), Pausanias (null), Desmond Doss (1919), and Pherecydes of Syros (-580).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Agesilaus II ranks 55. Before him are Antonia Minor (-36), Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776), Georgios Papadopoulos (1919), Ephialtes of Trachis (-550), Sophia Palaiologina (1455), and Gülnuş Sultan (1642). After him are Aeschines (-389), Nicias (-500), Antigonus II Gonatas (-319), Thaïs (-400), Pleistarchus (-500), and Brasidas (-500).

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