157 BC - 86 BC
Gaius Marius (Latin: [ˈɡaːiʊs ˈmariʊs]; c. 157 BC – 13 January 86 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. Victor of the Cimbric and Jugurthine wars, he held the office of consul an unprecedented seven times. Rising from a well-off provincial Italian family in Arpinum, Marius acquired his initial military experience serving with Scipio Aemilianus at the Siege of Numantia in 134 BC. He won election as tribune of the plebs in 119 BC and passed a law limiting aristocratic interference in elections. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaius Marius has received more than 2,280,100 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia. Gaius Marius is the 4th most popular diplomat (down from 3rd in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Italy (down from 117th in 2019) and the most popular Italian Diplomat.
Gaius Marius was most famous for being a Roman general and politician. He was elected consul an unprecedented seven times, and was also the first Roman to become a consul without having previously served as a praetor or curule aedile.
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Among diplomats, Gaius Marius ranks 4 out of 52. Before him are Pocahontas, Kofi Annan, and Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord. After him are Dag Hammarskjöld, Ban Ki-moon, John Jay, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Alexandra Kollontai, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Raoul Wallenberg, and Madeleine Albright.
1595 - 1617
HPI: 81.18
Rank: 1
1938 - 2018
HPI: 77.02
Rank: 2
1754 - 1838
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 3
157 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 4
1905 - 1961
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 5
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 6
1745 - 1829
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 7
1922 - 2016
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 8
1872 - 1952
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 9
1805 - 1894
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 10
1912 - 1947
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 11
1937 - 2022
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 12
Among people born in 157 BC, Gaius Marius ranks 1. After him is Sinatruces of Parthia. Among people deceased in 86 BC, Gaius Marius ranks 2. Before him is Sima Qian. After him is Jin Midi.
145 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 1
157 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 2
134 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 3
Among people born in Italy, Gaius Marius ranks 165 out of 4,668. Before him are Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922), Carlo Collodi (1826), Pope Clement XII (1652), Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632), Luchino Visconti (1906), and Pope Benedict XIV (1675). After him are Pope Sixtus V (1520), Artemisia Gentileschi (1593), Pope Martin V (1369), Pope Clement XIV (1705), Boethius (480), and Galba (-3).
1922 - 1975
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 159
1826 - 1890
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 160
1652 - 1740
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 161
1632 - 1687
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 162
1906 - 1976
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 163
1675 - 1758
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 164
157 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 165
1520 - 1590
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 166
1593 - 1653
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 167
1369 - 1431
HPI: 74.95
Rank: 168
1705 - 1774
HPI: 74.94
Rank: 169
480 - 525
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 170
3 BC - 69
HPI: 74.91
Rank: 171
Among diplomats born in Italy, Gaius Marius ranks 1. After him are Giovanni Villani (1276) and Filippo Grandi (1957).
157 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 1
1276 - 1348
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 2
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.13
Rank: 3