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Alexander I of Epirus

362 BC - 331 BC

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Alexander I of Epirus (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος Α'; c. 370 BC – 331 BC), also known as Alexander Molossus (Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μολοσσός), was a king of Epirus (343/2–331 BC) of the Aeacid dynasty. As the son of Neoptolemus I and brother of Olympias, Alexander I was an uncle, and a brother-in-law, of Alexander the Great. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander I of Epirus has received more than 213,435 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander I of Epirus is the 3,657th most popular politician (down from 3,303rd in 2019), the 236th most popular biography from Greece (down from 218th in 2019) and the 95th most popular Greek Politician.

Alexander I of Epirus is most famous for his victory over the Romans at the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexander I of Epirus ranks 3,657 out of 19,576Before him are Henri Christophe, Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, Şehzade Bayezid, and Rodolphe Seeldrayers. After him are Gina Haspel, Jeong Dojeon, António de Spínola, Ivanoe Bonomi, Vardan Mamikonian, and Ye Jianying.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 362 BC, Alexander I of Epirus ranks 3Before him are Amyntas IV of Macedon, and Eumenes. After him are Philemon, and Pythias. Among people deceased in 331 BC, Alexander I of Epirus ranks 1After him are Stateira I, Agis III, and Orontes II.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Alexander I of Epirus ranks 236 out of 1,024Before him are Antiochus VIII Grypus (-141), Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217), Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770), Corinna (-501), Gazi Husrev-beg (1480), and Archelaus (-500). After him are Alexandra of Yugoslavia (1921), Timon of Phlius (-320), Antiochus XI Epiphanes (-115), Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926), Andreas Palaiologos (1453), and Phaedo of Elis (-401).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Alexander I of Epirus ranks 95Before him are Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906), Idomeneus of Crete (null), Archidamus II (-450), Lycurgus of Athens (-390), Antiochus VIII Grypus (-141), and Gazi Husrev-beg (1480). After him are Antiochus XI Epiphanes (-115), Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926), Andreas Palaiologos (1453), Katerina Sakellaropoulou (1956), Hypereides (-390), and Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (1905).