MILITARY PERSONNEL

Leosthenes

400 BC - 323 BC

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Leosthenes (Ancient Greek: Λεωσθένης Λεωσθένους Κεφαλῆθεν, romanized: Leōsthenēs Leōsthenous Kephalēthen; died 323 BC) was an Athenian who was commander of the combined Greek army in the Lamian War. Leosthenes was the son of his namesake father Leosthenes who had suffered exile in 362/1 BC and who had fled to the court of Philip II. It is unknown by what means he had obtained the high reputation he had when he first makes his appearance in history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leosthenes has received more than 29,918 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Leosthenes is the 1,156th most popular military personnel (up from 1,163rd in 2019), the 495th most popular biography from Greece (up from 530th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Greek Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Leosthenes ranks 1,156 out of 2,058Before him are Shi Jingtang, Piet Cronjé, Roussel de Bailleul, Otto Deßloch, Stanisław Maczek, and Davit Bek. After him are Stjepan Sarkotić, Otto von Knobelsdorff, Archelaus, Anton Tus, Khiuaz Dospanova, and Grigory Kotovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Leosthenes ranks 70Before him are Cleitarchus, Neoptolemus, Cleomenes of Naucratis, Alexander of Pherae, Quintus Hortensius, and Mahapadma Nanda. After him are Bryaxis, Alexander of Lyncestis, Gaius Licinius Stolo, Timotheus, Antiphilus, and Archidamus IV. Among people deceased in 323 BC, Leosthenes ranks 8Before him are Stateira II, Drypetis, Harpalus, Parysatis II, Sisygambis, and Cynane. After him is Meleager.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Leosthenes ranks 495 out of 1,024Before him are Paul I of Constantinople (null), Stamata Revithi (1866), Manuel Kantakouzenos (1326), Theodoros Pangalos (1878), Nikolaos Andriakopoulos (1878), and Phoebe (50). After him are Aristarchus of Thessalonica (5), Douris (-600), Dinostratus (-390), Dimitrios Gounaris (1867), Philochorus (-340), and Musaeus of Athens (-500).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Greece

Among military personnels born in Greece, Leosthenes ranks 38Before him are Dimitrios Ioannidis (1923), Clearchus of Sparta (-401), Müezzinzade Ali Pasha (null), Lamachus (-500), Callicratidas (-500), and Gylippus (-500). After him are Xanthippus of Carthage (-300), Laomedon of Mytilene (-400), Georgios Zoitakis (1910), Athanasios Diakos (1788), Erigyius (-400), and Wehib Pasha (1877).