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Miltiades the Elder

600 BC - 600 BC

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Miltiades the Elder (ca. 590 – 525 BC) was an Athenian politician from the Philaid family. He is most famous for travelling to the Thracian Chersonese (now Gallipoli) where, at the behest of the local peoples, he ruled as a tyrant. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miltiades the Elder has received more than 25,508 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Miltiades the Elder is the 7,172nd most popular politician (down from 6,573rd in 2019), the 388th most popular biography from Greece (down from 367th in 2019) and the 166th most popular Greek Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Miltiades the Elder ranks 7,172 out of 19,576Before him are Constantine II of Scotland, Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon, Claudius Silvanus, Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou, He Yingqin, and Heinrich Schwarz. After him are Ashur-dan II, Theopompus of Sparta, Nepotianus, Tiberius Coruncanius, Kim Kyu-sik, and Valerian II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Miltiades the Elder ranks 54Before him are Scylax of Caryanda, Eurybiades, Nebuchadnezzar IV, Cleombrotus, Eupalinos, and Hipponax. After him are Tullia Minor, Artabazos I of Phrygia, Democedes, Artystone, Themistoclea, and Artaphernes. Among people deceased in 600 BC, Miltiades the Elder ranks 24Before him are Zaleucus, Arsames, Philip I of Macedon, Leon of Sparta, Eupalinos, and Hipponax. After him are Rhodopis, Phocylides, Alcetas I of Macedon, Aeropus I of Macedon, Kleitias, and Isagoras.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Miltiades the Elder ranks 388 out of 1,024Before him are Perictione (-500), Cebes (-500), Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (1913), Archidamus III (-350), Eupalinos (-600), and Silanion (-400). After him are Theopompus of Sparta (-800), Isaeus (-420), Aristyllus (-400), Hierocles of Alexandria (410), Ion of Chios (-490), and Erinna (-400).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Miltiades the Elder ranks 166Before him are Ahmed Izzet Pasha (1864), Ptolemy of Aloros (-450), Meleager (-320), Perictione (-500), Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (1913), and Archidamus III (-350). After him are Theopompus of Sparta (-800), Christos Sartzetakis (1929), Neferkara I (-2780), Teucer (null), Demades (-380), and Alexios Komnenos (1106).