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Lars Porsena

600 BC - 500 BC

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Lars Porsena (or Porsenna; Etruscan: Pursenas) was an Etruscan king (lar) known for his war against the city of Rome. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lars Porsena has received more than 227,050 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Lars Porsena is the 3,377th most popular politician (down from 3,151st in 2019), the 1,080th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,029th in 2019) and the 228th most popular Italian Politician.

Lars Porsena was a king of the Etruscan city of Clusium. He is most famous for his siege of Rome in 508 BC.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lars Porsena ranks 3,377 out of 19,576Before him are Sverker I of Sweden, Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, Rudolf Schuster, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Rumen Radev, and Theudebald. After him are William IV, Duke of Bavaria, Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, Stenkil, Prince Augustus William of Prussia, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, and Roberto Eduardo Viola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Lars Porsena ranks 32Before him are Cleomenes I, Mahapajapati Gotami, Aristagoras, Ibycus, Neriglissar, and Demaratus. After him are Hiero I of Syracuse, Datis, Horatius Cocles, Hipparchus, Gelon, and Artaphernes. Among people deceased in 500 BC, Lars Porsena ranks 14Before him are Diogenes of Apollonia, Rāhula, Obadiah, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, and Demaratus. After him are Polygnotus, Kapila, Amestris, Himilco, Xanthippus, and Anytus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lars Porsena ranks 1,080 out of 5,161Before him are Guy III of Spoleto (900), Rustichello da Pisa (1290), Maria Pia of Savoy (1847), Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (1943), Giovanni Battista Martini (1706), and Antonio Caldara (1670). After him are Scipione del Ferro (1465), Hiero I of Syracuse (-600), Marcus Claudius Marcellus (-42), Augustine of Canterbury (510), Benedetto Marcello (1686), and Miuccia Prada (1949).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Lars Porsena ranks 228Before him are Giacomo Matteotti (1885), Ferdinand, Duke of Parma (1751), Eleonora Gonzaga (1598), Guy III of Spoleto (900), Maria Pia of Savoy (1847), and Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (1943). After him are Hiero I of Syracuse (-600), Marcus Claudius Marcellus (-42), Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares (1587), Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons (1638), Marcus Atilius Regulus (-299), and Lucius Aelius (101).