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POLITICIAN

Cyrus the Younger

500 BC - 401 BC

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Cyrus the Younger (Old Persian: 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 Kūruš; Greek: Κῦρος Kyros; died 401 BC) was an Achaemenid prince and general. He ruled as satrap of Lydia and Ionia from 408 to 401 BC. Son of Darius II and Parysatis, he died in 401 BC in battle during a failed attempt to oust his elder brother, Artaxerxes II, from the Persian throne. The history of Cyrus and of the retreat of his Greek mercenaries is told by Xenophon in his Anabasis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cyrus the Younger has received more than 346,233 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Cyrus the Younger is the 1,379th most popular politician (down from 1,151st in 2019).

Cyrus the Younger is most famous for his failed attempt to take over the Persian Empire from his brother, King Artaxerxes II.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cyrus the Younger ranks 1,379 out of 15,577Before him are Urho Kekkonen, Lothair of France, Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Alfonso V of Aragon, and Anastasios II. After him are Tongzhi Emperor, Baldwin II of Jerusalem, Valerius Severus, Octavia the Younger, Empress Myeongseong, and Seongjong of Joseon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Cyrus the Younger ranks 9Before him are Leucippus, Xanthippe, Artaxerxes I of Persia, Ezra, Artemisia I of Caria, and Brennus. After him are Ictinus, Cratylus, Xerxes II of Persia, Pāṇini, Pleistarchus, and Zeuxis. Among people deceased in 401 BC, Cyrus the Younger ranks 3Before him are Ezra and Zechariah. After him are Agathon, Agis II, Clearchus of Sparta, and Megabyzus.

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