POLITICIAN
Artaxerxes III
425 BC - 338 BC
Artaxerxes III
Ochus (Greek: Ὦχος Ochos), known by his dynastic name Artaxerxes III (Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠 Artaxšaçāʰ; Greek: Ἀρταξέρξης), was King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 359/58 to 338 BC. He was the son and successor of Artaxerxes II and his mother was Stateira. Before ascending the throne Artaxerxes was a satrap and commander of his father's army. Artaxerxes came to power after one of his brothers was executed, another committed suicide, the last murdered and his father, Artaxerxes II died. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Artaxerxes III has received more than 633,721 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Artaxerxes III is the 1,185th most popular politician (down from 1,133rd in 2019).
Artaxerxes III is most famous for being the king of Persia who was defeated by Alexander the Great.
Memorability Metrics
630k
Page Views (PV)
68.90
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
54
Languages Editions (L)
7.46
Effective Languages (L*)
3.57
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
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Over the past year Artaxerxes III has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 112,254 views, followed by Persian (47,024), and Russian (15,552). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Galician (127.92%), Waray (93.40%), and Sinhalese (86.53%)
Among POLITICIANS
Among politicians, Artaxerxes III ranks 1,185 out of 19,576. Before him are Fuxi, Chun Doo-hwan, Michel Aoun, Jiaqing Emperor, Ladislaus I of Hungary, and Theodor Heuss. After him are Mahmud of Ghazni, Minamoto no Yoritomo, Emomali Rahmon, Julius Streicher, Kwame Nkrumah, and Astyages.
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Astyages
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 425 BC, Artaxerxes III ranks 1. Among people deceased in 338 BC, Artaxerxes III ranks 3. Before him are Isocrates, and Shang Yang. After him are Duke Xiao of Qin, and Archidamus III.
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Isocrates
PHILOSOPHER
436 BC - 338 BC
HPI: 71.85
Rank: 1
Shang Yang
POLITICIAN
390 BC - 338 BC
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 2
Artaxerxes III
POLITICIAN
425 BC - 338 BC
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 3
Duke Xiao of Qin
POLITICIAN
381 BC - 338 BC
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 4
Archidamus III
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350 BC - 338 BC
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 5
