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Epaminondas

418 BC - 362 BC

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Epaminondas (; Ancient Greek: Ἐπαμεινώνδας; 419/411–362 BC) was a Greek general and statesman of the 4th century BC who transformed the Ancient Greek city-state of Thebes, leading it out of Spartan subjugation into a pre-eminent position in Greek politics called the Theban Hegemony. In the process, he broke Spartan military power with his victory at Leuctra and liberated the Messenian helots, a group of Peloponnesian Greeks who had been enslaved under Spartan rule for some 230 years following their defeat in the Third Messenian War ending in 600 BC. Epaminondas reshaped the political map of Greece, fragmented old alliances, created new ones, and supervised the construction of entire cities. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Epaminondas has received more than 610,909 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Epaminondas is the 607th most popular politician (down from 585th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Greece (up from 63rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Greek Politician.

Epaminondas was a Theban general and statesman of the 4th century BC. He is most famous for his victory over the Spartans at Leuctra in 371 BC.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Epaminondas ranks 607 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexander IV of Macedon, Jeroboam, Oleg of Novgorod, Constantius Chlorus, Alija Izetbegović, and Tolui. After him are Geronimo, Hong Taiji, Sweyn Forkbeard, Shinzō Abe, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, and Manuel I of Portugal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 418 BC, Epaminondas ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 362 BC, Epaminondas ranks 1. After him is Nectanebo I.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Epaminondas ranks 62 out of 1,024. Before him are Miltiades (-540), Seleucus I Nicator (-358), Pyrrho (-365), Xanthippe (-500), Polykleitos (-450), and Irene of Athens (752). After him are Demetrius of Thessaloniki (270), Handan Sultan (1574), Ptolemy II Philadelphus (-308), Ptolemy III Euergetes (-284), Isocrates (-436), and Lycurgus of Sparta (-800).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Epaminondas ranks 17. Before him are Solon (-638), Alcibiades (-450), Constantine II of Greece (1940), Peisistratos (-600), Xanthippe (-500), and Irene of Athens (752). After him are Handan Sultan (1574), Ptolemy II Philadelphus (-308), Ptolemy III Euergetes (-284), Lycurgus of Sparta (-800), Constantine I of Greece (1868), and Peleus (null).

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