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Archidamus II

450 BC - 420 BC

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Archidamus II (Ancient Greek: Ἀρχίδαμος Archídāmos; died 427/6 BC) was a king of Sparta who reigned from approximately 469/8 BC to 427/6 BC. His father was Zeuxidamus (called Cyniscos by many Spartans). Zeuxidamus married and had a son, Archidamus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Archidamus II has received more than 215,931 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Archidamus II is the 3,487th most popular politician (down from 2,521st in 2019), the 227th most popular biography from Greece (down from 182nd in 2019) and the 91st most popular Greek Politician.

Archidamus II is most famous for being the king of Sparta who led the Spartans to victory against the Athenians at the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC.

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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Archidamus II ranks 3,487 out of 19,576. Before him are Íñigo Arista of Pamplona, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Emperor Momozono, Droupadi Murmu, Princess Louise of Belgium, and Pak Pong-ju. After him are Chang Myon, Miguel Díaz-Canel, Bounnhang Vorachith, Laura Bush, Choe Yong-rim, and Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 450 BC, Archidamus II ranks 9. Before him are Diotima of Mantinea, Malachi, Amyntas III of Macedon, Cleon, Nectanebo I, and Pelopidas. After him are Amyrtaeus, Theramenes, Diagoras of Melos, Alcidamas, Artabanus of Persia, and Ptolemy of Aloros. Among people deceased in 420 BC, Archidamus II ranks 3. Before him are Protagoras, and Callicrates. After him is Oenopides.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Archidamus II ranks 227 out of 1,024. Before him are Lafcadio Hearn (1850), Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906), Mnesikles (-500), Athenagoras of Athens (133), Plutarch of Athens (350), and Idomeneus of Crete (null). After him are Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896), Lycurgus of Athens (-390), Antiochus VIII Grypus (-141), Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217), Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770), and Corinna (-501).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Archidamus II ranks 91. Before him are Ephialtes (-590), Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (1903), Antiphon (-480), Pausanias of Sparta (null), Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906), and Idomeneus of Crete (null). After him are Lycurgus of Athens (-390), Antiochus VIII Grypus (-141), Gazi Husrev-beg (1480), Alexander I of Epirus (-362), Antiochus XI Epiphanes (-115), and Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926).

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