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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 21,798 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Hippocrates of Gela is the 8,163rd most popular politician (down from 7,629th in 2019), the 2,106th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,040th in 2019) and the 549th most popular Italian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hippocrates of Gela ranks 8,163 out of 15,577Before him are John I Doukas of Thessaly, Prince William of Hesse-Kassel, Akbar II, Zheng Zhilong, Sekhemre-Heruhirmaat Intef, and Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. After him are Caspar Bartholin the Younger, Yasovarman I, Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Lý Thái Tổ, John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, and Ilterish Qaghan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Hippocrates of Gela ranks 63Before him are Artaphernes, Aristeas, Eupalinos, Cleombrotus, Dorieus, and Artabazos I of Phrygia. After him are Vulca, Titus Lartius, King Ling of Zhou, Achaemenes, Kleitias, and Artystone. Among people deceased in 491 BC, Hippocrates of Gela ranks 2Before him is Bimbisara.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Hippocrates of Gela ranks 2,106 out of 4,668Before him are Luca Cambiaso (1527), Lucio Battisti (1943), Giuseppe Pella (1902), Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara (1564), Indro Montanelli (1909), and Tommaso Traetta (1727). After him are John Gualbert (995), Laura Betti (1927), Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (1752), Luciana Paluzzi (1937), Lorenzo Bartolini (1777), and Ferruccio Parri (1890).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Hippocrates of Gela ranks 549Before him are Sidney Sonnino (1847), Nepotianus (400), Theophylact I, Count of Tusculum (860), Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain (1755), Leonardo Donato (1536), and Giuseppe Pella (1902). After him are Ferruccio Parri (1890), Ottone Visconti (1207), Francesco Saverio Nitti (1868), Giovanni Dandolo (1300), Raginpert (662), and Girolamo Priuli (1486).