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Aratus of Sicyon

271 BC - 213 BC

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Aratus of Sicyon (Ancient Greek: Ἄρατος ὁ Σικυώνιος; 271–213 BC) was a politician and military commander of Hellenistic Greece. He was elected strategos of the Achaean League 17 times, leading the League through numerous military campaigns including the Cleomenean War and the Social War. Aratus was exiled to Argos at the age of seven, after his father, the magistrate of Sicyon, was killed in a coup. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aratus of Sicyon has received more than 148,023 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Aratus of Sicyon is the 6,053rd most popular politician (down from 5,170th in 2019), the 347th most popular biography from Greece (down from 318th in 2019) and the 154th most popular Greek Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Aratus of Sicyon ranks 6,053 out of 15,577Before him are Tudḫaliya I, Haji Mohammad Chamkani, Princess Eugénie of Sweden, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, and Virginia de' Medici. After him are Nikare, Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Irina Rodnina, Rómulo Betancourt, Raymond II, Count of Tripoli, and Nicole Fontaine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 271 BC, Aratus of Sicyon ranks 1 Among people deceased in 213 BC, Aratus of Sicyon ranks 1After him is Achaeus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Aratus of Sicyon ranks 347 out of 936Before him are Antiochus XII Dionysus (-150), Anaxarchus (-380), Coroebus of Elis (-800), Diagoras of Rhodes (-500), Ahmed Izzet Pasha (1864), and Lucas Papademos (1947). After him are Brennus (-301), Aglaonice (null), Semonides of Amorgos (-650), Agnes Baltsa (1944), Perictione (-500), and William of Villehardouin (1300).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Aratus of Sicyon ranks 154Before him are Alexis Tsipras (1974), Xanthippus (-590), Eurydice of Egypt (-400), Antiochus XII Dionysus (-150), Diagoras of Rhodes (-500), and Ahmed Izzet Pasha (1864). After him are Brennus (-301), Aglaonice (null), Perictione (-500), William of Villehardouin (1300), Simeon Uroš (1326), and Eucleidas (-201).