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Artaphernes

600 BC - 493 BC

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Artaphernes (Greek: Ἀρταφέρνης, Old Persian: Artafarna, from Median Rtafarnah), flourished circa 513–492 BC, was a brother of the Achaemenid king of Persia, Darius I, satrap of Lydia from the capital of Sardis, and a Persian general. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Artaphernes has received more than 83,630 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Artaphernes is the 3,348th most popular politician (up from 4,052nd in 2019), the 363rd most popular biography from Turkey (up from 406th in 2019) and the 191st most popular Turkish Politician.

Artaphernes is most famous for being the first Persian to be slain by the Greeks at the Battle of Marathon.

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  • 61.49

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  • 27

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  • 10.10

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  • 1.68

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Artaphernes ranks 3,348 out of 15,577Before him are Anatoly Sobchak, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, Artaxias I, Yuri of Goguryeo, and William II of Württemberg. After him are Hussein Kamel of Egypt, Giacomo Matteotti, Charles the Younger, Michel Aflaq, Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal, and Jayavarman II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Artaphernes ranks 33Before him are Ibycus, Datis, Lars Porsena, Demaratus, Neriglissar, and Horatius Cocles. After him are Hipparchus, Hiero I of Syracuse, Aristagoras, Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, Nahum, and Gelon. Among people deceased in 493 BC, Artaphernes ranks 1After him are Agrippa Menenius Lanatus and Histiaeus.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Artaphernes ranks 363 out of 1,301Before him are Gennadius Scholarius (1400), Gevherhan Sultan (1544), Cleitus the Black (-370), İbrahim Tatlıses (1952), Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia (300), and Ahmad Khani (1650). After him are Agabus (100), Cornelius Castoriadis (1922), Chryses of Troy (null), Maria Laskarina (1206), Philetaerus (-340), and Helenus (null).

Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Artaphernes ranks 191Before him are Argishti I of Urartu (-827), Seleucus III Ceraunus (-243), Maria of Alania (1053), Gülbahar Hatun (1429), Gevherhan Sultan (1544), and Cleitus the Black (-370). After him are Chryses of Troy (null), Philetaerus (-340), Helenus (null), Aristagoras (-600), Baldwin II, Latin Emperor (1217), and Sarduri II (-790).