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Hippocrates of Gela

600 BC - 491 BC

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Hippocrates (Greek: Ἱπποκράτης; died 491 BC) was the second tyrant of Gela, Magna Graecia, and ruled from 498 BC to 491 BC. He was the brother of Cleander and succeeded him to the throne after his death in 498. With him, Gela began its expansion phase; Hippocrates aimed to conquer all of southeastern Sicily in order to build a great state with Gela as its capital. He formed an alliance with Agrigento and conquered Zancle, Camarina, Catana, Naxos and Leontini. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hippocrates of Gela has received more than 24,245 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Hippocrates of Gela is the 8,086th most popular politician (up from 8,139th in 2019), the 2,114th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,101st in 2019) and the 534th most popular Italian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hippocrates of Gela ranks 8,086 out of 19,576. Before him are Ferruccio Parri, Claudia Marcella Major, Costas Simitis, Nguyễn Văn Linh, Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon, and Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau. After him are Matilda of Boulogne, Emperor Wu of Southern Qi, István Bethlen, King Gong of Zhou, Cleomenes II, and Mikhail Kasyanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Hippocrates of Gela ranks 62. Before him are Artabazos I of Phrygia, Democedes, Artystone, Themistoclea, Artaphernes, and Andokides painter. After him are King Ling of Zhou, Titus Lartius, Vulca, Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus, Cloelia, and Dorieus. Among people deceased in 491 BC, Hippocrates of Gela ranks 2. Before him is Bimbisara.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Hippocrates of Gela ranks 2,114 out of 5,161. Before him are Ottone Visconti (1207), Giorgio Pessina (1902), Andrea de Cesaris (1959), Giovanni Baglione (1566), Ferruccio Parri (1890), and Claudia Marcella Major (-41). After him are Antonio Rossellino (1427), Agostino di Duccio (1418), Beatrice Regina della Scala (1333), Pietro Cataldi (1552), Anne Marie Martinozzi (1637), and Luisa of Naples and Sicily (1773).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Hippocrates of Gela ranks 534. Before him are Ippolito II d'Este (1509), Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine (1591), Adelaide of Susa (1020), Ottone Visconti (1207), Ferruccio Parri (1890), and Claudia Marcella Major (-41). After him are Orso Ipato (726), Orio Mastropiero (1150), Achille Varzi (1904), Julia (-190), Sergio Balanzino (1934), and Gaius Terentius Varro (-300).

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