MILITARY PERSONNEL

Mardonius

600 BC - 479 BC

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Mardonius (Old Persian: 𐎶𐎼𐎯𐎢𐎴𐎡𐎹 Mr̥duniyaʰ; Ancient Greek: Μαρδόνιος Mardónios; died 479 BC) was a Persian military commander during the Greco-Persian Wars. Though he secured initial victories in the first Persian invasion of Greece, he was ultimately forced to retreat into Anatolia after suffering catastrophic losses in both men and material due to a storm off the coast of Mount Athos, following which he was relieved of his command by Darius the Great. He was later re-appointed by Xerxes I and took part in the second Persian invasion of Greece. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mardonius has received more than 139,908 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Mardonius is the 184th most popular military personnel (down from 157th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Greece (down from 122nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Greek Military Personnel.

Mardonius is most famous for his role in the Battle of Thermopylae, where he led the Persian army against the Greek defenders.

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Mardonius ranks 184 out of 2,058. Before him are Hans Krebs, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Khalifa Haftar, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Parmenion, and Felix Steiner. After him are Josip Jelačić, Mikhail Frunze, Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Maxime Weygand, Ernst Busch, and Johannes Blaskowitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Mardonius ranks 18. Before him are Belshazzar, Alexander I of Macedon, Polycrates, Maya, Pheidippides, and Bias of Priene. After him are Lucius Junius Brutus, Nahum, Chilon of Sparta, Hippias, Thespis, and Theano. Among people deceased in 479 BC, Mardonius ranks 2. Before him is Confucius.

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  • Photo of Belshazzar

    Belshazzar

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 74.48

    Rank: 12

  • Photo of Alexander I of Macedon

    Alexander I of Macedon

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 454 BC

    HPI: 73.61

    Rank: 13

  • Photo of Polycrates

    Polycrates

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 515 BC

    HPI: 72.72

    Rank: 14

  • Photo of Maya

    Maya

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 72.71

    Rank: 15

  • Photo of Pheidippides

    Pheidippides

    SOCIAL ACTIVIST

    600 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 72.62

    Rank: 16

  • Photo of Bias of Priene

    Bias of Priene

    PHILOSOPHER

    600 BC - 530 BC

    HPI: 72.59

    Rank: 17

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    Mardonius

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    600 BC - 479 BC

    HPI: 71.65

    Rank: 18

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    Lucius Junius Brutus

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 509 BC

    HPI: 71.60

    Rank: 19

  • Photo of Nahum

    Nahum

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 700 BC

    HPI: 71.56

    Rank: 20

  • Photo of Chilon of Sparta

    Chilon of Sparta

    PHILOSOPHER

    600 BC - 520 BC

    HPI: 71.41

    Rank: 21

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    Hippias

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 71.29

    Rank: 22

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    Thespis

    ACTOR

    600 BC - 560 BC

    HPI: 71.27

    Rank: 23

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    Theano

    PHILOSOPHER

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 71.24

    Rank: 24

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Others Deceased in 479 BC

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    Confucius

    PHILOSOPHER

    551 BC - 479 BC

    HPI: 92.61

    Rank: 1

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    Mardonius

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    600 BC - 479 BC

    HPI: 71.65

    Rank: 2

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Mardonius ranks 125 out of 1,024. Before him are John III Doukas Vatatzes (1192), Cratylus (-500), Theo Angelopoulos (1935), Parmenion (-400), Oruç Reis (1473), and Critias (-460). After him are Callicrates (-470), Prodicus (-460), Ioannis Metaxas (1871), Chilon of Sparta (-600), Apollodorus of Athens (-180), and Perseus of Macedon (-212).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Greece

Among military personnels born in Greece, Mardonius ranks 12. Before him are Miltiades (-540), Seleucus I Nicator (-358), Hephaestion (-356), Cimon (-510), Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), and Parmenion (-400). After him are Djemal Pasha (1872), Lysander (-401), Pausanias (null), Desmond Doss (1919), Craterus (-370), and Thrasybulus (-440).

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