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Marcian

396 - 457

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Marcian (; Latin: Marcianus; Ancient Greek: Μαρκιανός Markianos; c. 392 – 27 January 457) was Roman emperor of the East from 450 to 457. Very little of his life before becoming emperor is known, other than that he was a domesticus (personal assistant) who served under the commanders Ardabur and his son Aspar for fifteen years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcian has received more than 661,217 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Marcian is the 928th most popular politician (up from 1,190th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 13th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Bulgarian Politician.

Marcian was most famous for being the first emperor of Rome.

Memorability Metrics

  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Marcian ranks 928 out of 19,576. Before him are Isabel Martínez de Perón, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Edward the Elder, Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Bongbong Marcos, and Muhammad II of Khwarazm. After him are Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, Djedefre, Ottokar II of Bohemia, Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan, Dido, and Robert I, Duke of Normandy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 396, Marcian ranks 1. After him is Petronius Maximus. Among people deceased in 457, Marcian ranks 2. Before him is Merovech. After him are Avitus, Yazdegerd II, Pelagia, Aioulf, Proterius of Alexandria, and Ibas of Edessa.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Marcian ranks 10 out of 415. Before him are Elias Canetti (1905), Flavius Aetius (390), Georgi Dimitrov (1882), Phocas (547), Todor Zhivkov (1911), and Boris III of Bulgaria (1894). After him are Maximinus Thrax (173), Simeon I of Bulgaria (864), Julia Kristeva (1941), Diogenes of Apollonia (-460), Tiberius II Constantine (520), and Talaat Pasha (1874).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bulgaria

Among politicians born in Bulgaria, Marcian ranks 6. Before him are Ahmed III (1673), Georgi Dimitrov (1882), Phocas (547), Todor Zhivkov (1911), and Boris III of Bulgaria (1894). After him are Maximinus Thrax (173), Simeon I of Bulgaria (864), Tiberius II Constantine (520), Talaat Pasha (1874), Boris I of Bulgaria (828), and Kubrat (605).

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