MILITARY PERSONNEL

Miltiades

540 BC - 488 BC

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Miltiades (; Ancient Greek: Μιλτιάδης Κίμωνος; c. 550 – 489 BC), also known as Miltiades the Younger, was a Greek Athenian statesman known mostly for his role in the Battle of Marathon, as well as for his downfall afterwards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miltiades has received more than 465,869 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Miltiades is the 60th most popular military personnel (down from 50th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Greece (up from 58th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Greek Military Personnel.

Miltiades was a general in the Persian Wars. He is most famous for leading the Greeks to victory at the Battle of Marathon.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Miltiades ranks 60 out of 2,058. Before him are Prince Eugene of Savoy, Gerd von Rundstedt, Vasily Zaitsev, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, Ernst Röhm, and Albrecht von Wallenstein. After him are Seleucus I Nicator, Alfred Jodl, Otto Skorzeny, Ferdinand Foch, Stanislav Petrov, and Fedor von Bock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 540 BC, Miltiades ranks 2. Before him is Leonidas I. After him are Amyntas I of Macedon, Leotychidas, Spurius Cassius Viscellinus, and Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis. Among people deceased in 488 BC, Miltiades ranks 1. 

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    Miltiades

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    540 BC - 488 BC

    HPI: 72.84

    Rank: 1

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Miltiades ranks 56 out of 1,024. Before him are Menander (-342), Pope Sixtus II (215), Pindar (-517), Queen Sofía of Spain (1938), Vangelis (1943), and Antisthenes (-445). After him are Seleucus I Nicator (-358), Pyrrho (-365), Xanthippe (-500), Polykleitos (-450), Irene of Athens (752), and Epaminondas (-418).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Greece

Among military personnels born in Greece, Miltiades ranks 6. Before him are Alexander the Great (-356), Spartacus (-109), Ptolemy I Soter (-367), Themistocles (-524), and Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318). After him are Seleucus I Nicator (-358), Hephaestion (-356), Cimon (-510), Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), Parmenion (-400), and Mardonius (-600).

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