POLITICIAN

Gaius Popillius Laenas

250 BC - 200 BC

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Gaius Popillius Laenas (fl. 172–158 BC) was a politician and general of the Roman Republic. He was consul two times, once in 172 and once in 158 BC. He was sent as an envoy to prevent a war between Antiochus IV Epiphanes of the Seleucid Empire and Ptolemaic Egypt. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaius Popillius Laenas has received more than 96,155 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Gaius Popillius Laenas is the 11,319th most popular politician (down from 11,181st in 2019).

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gaius Popillius Laenas ranks 11,319 out of 19,576Before him are Amata Kabua, Michele Steno, Vichitravirya, Klaus Wowereit, Juha Sipilä, and Héctor Trujillo. After him are Jacob Aall, Levko Lukianenko, Théodore Steeg, Jan Eliasson, Kálmán Tisza, and Joan Martí i Alanis.

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Among people born in 250 BC, Gaius Popillius Laenas ranks 21Before him are Archidamus V, Aulus Atilius Calatinus, An Dương Vương, Sauromaces I of Iberia, Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, and Cleombrotus II. After him are Appius Claudius Pulcher, Zeno of Tarsus, Sames I, Ptolemaeus of Commagene, Gaius Claudius Centho, and Manius Otacilius Crassus. Among people deceased in 200 BC, Gaius Popillius Laenas ranks 25Before him are Lucius Licinius Lucullus, Ariarathes V of Cappadocia, Gnaeus Manlius Vulso, Laodice VI, Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia, and Marcus Valerius Laevinus. After him are Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus, Zeno of Tarsus, Marcus Fulvius Nobilior, Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus, Aemilia Tertia, and Kharavela.

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