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Lucretia

600 BC - 509 BC

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According to Roman tradition, Lucretia (/luːˈkriːʃə/ loo-KREE-shə, Classical Latin: [ɫʊˈkreːtia]; died c.  510 BC), anglicized as Lucrece, was a noblewoman in ancient Rome. Sextus Tarquinius (Tarquin) raped her. Her subsequent suicide precipitated a rebellion that overthrew the Roman monarchy and led to the transition of Roman government from a kingdom to a republic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucretia has received more than 1,637,777 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Lucretia is the 21st most popular nobleman (up from 25th in 2019).

Lucretia is most famous for being the wife of Tarquinius Collatinus, and for committing suicide after being raped by Sextus Tarquinius.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 75.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Lucretia ranks 21 out of 1,415. Before her are Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Charles, Prince of Wales, Harold Harefoot, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Marie Thérèse of France, and Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria. After her are Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Anne of Austria, Diana, Princess of Wales, Naruhito, and Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Lucretia ranks 5. Before her are Cyrus the Great, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, Tomyris, and Esther. After her are Ānanda, Servius Tullius, Peisistratos, Hippasus, Yaśodharā, Cambyses I, and Belshazzar. Among people deceased in 509 BC, Lucretia ranks 1. After her are Lucius Junius Brutus, Sextus Tarquinius, and Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus.

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