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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Horatius Cocles

600 BC - Today

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Publius Horatius Cocles was an officer in the army of the early Roman Republic who famously defended the Pons Sublicius from the invading army of Etruscan King Lars Porsena of Clusium in the late 6th century BC, during the war between Rome and Clusium. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Horatius Cocles has received more than 731,790 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Horatius Cocles is the 379th most popular military personnel (down from 371st in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Vatican City and the most popular Military Personnel.

Horatius Cocles is most famous for defending the bridge over the Tiber River at Rome in 508 BC.

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  • 21

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  • 5.63

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  • 2.16

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Horatius Cocles ranks 379 out of 1,468Before him are Viktor Lutze, Thomas the Slav, Bronislav Kaminski, Alexander Samsonov, Erich Kempka, and Usama ibn Zayd. After him are Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Georg-Hans Reinhardt, La Hire, Xiahou Yuan, and Omar Pasha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Horatius Cocles ranks 32Before him are Mahapajapati Gotami, Ibycus, Datis, Lars Porsena, Demaratus, and Neriglissar. After him are Artaphernes, Hipparchus, Hiero I of Syracuse, Aristagoras, Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, and Nahum.

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In Vatican City

Among people born in Vatican City, Horatius Cocles ranks 3 out of 4Before him are Robert Bellarmine (1542) and Lucius Junius Brutus (-600). After him are Spurius Lartius (-600).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Vatican City

Among military personnels born in Vatican City, Horatius Cocles ranks 1