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Demetrius I Soter

187 BC - 150 BC

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Demetrius I (Ancient Greek: Δημήτριος Α`, 185 – June 150 BC), surnamed Soter (Ancient Greek: Σωτήρ), reigned as king (basileus) of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire from November 162 to June 150 BC. Demetrius grew up in Rome as a hostage, but returned to Greek Syria and overthrew his young cousin Antiochus V Eupator and regent Lysias. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Demetrius I Soter has received more than 195,727 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Demetrius I Soter is the 3,089th most popular politician (down from 2,478th in 2019).

Demetrius I Soter was the king of Macedon from 294 to 288 BC. He was a member of the Antigonid dynasty, and was the son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus and Phila.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Demetrius I Soter has had the most page views in the with 32,203 views, followed by Persian (5,155), and Spanish (5,121). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latin (132.45%), Catalan (117.87%), and Southern Azerbaijani (68.58%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Demetrius I Soter ranks 3,089 out of 19,576. Before him are Ivan II of Moscow, John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, Crown Prince Sado, Anastasia Romanovna, Gülbahar Hatun, and Spitamenes. After him are Fuad II of Egypt, Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, Rafael Correa, Abd al-Mu'min, and Stjepan Radić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 187 BC, Demetrius I Soter ranks 1. After him are Clitomachus, and Lucius Aurelius Cotta. Among people deceased in 150 BC, Demetrius I Soter ranks 2. Before him is Patanjali. After him are Diogenes of Babylon, Seleucus of Seleucia, Mago, Apollodorus the Epicurean, Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla, Gaius Sextius Calvinus, Manius Aquillius, Marcus Octavius, and Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus.

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