MILITARY PERSONNEL

Neoptolemus

400 BC - 321 BC

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Neoptolemus (Ancient Greek: Νεoπτόλεμος; died 321 BC) was a Macedonian officer who served under Alexander the Great. According to Arrian he belonged to the race of the Aeacidae, so he was probably related to the family of the kings of Epirus. Neoptolemus is mentioned as serving in the Macedonian royal guards (ἑταῖροι) and distinguished himself particularly at the siege of Gaza, 332 BC, where he was the first to scale the walls. Little has been written about him during the subsequent campaigns of Alexander; however, he appears to have earned a reputation as an able soldier. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neoptolemus has received more than 993,545 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Neoptolemus is the 1,124th most popular military personnel (down from 1,120th in 2019).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Neoptolemus ranks 1,124 out of 2,058. Before him are Richard Heidrich, Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Fritz-Julius Lemp, Matsudaira Hirotada, and Manuel Erotikos Komnenos. After him are Alexander Matrosov, Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov, Max Pauly, Petar Bojović, Nadezhda Durova, and Pierre André de Suffren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Neoptolemus ranks 65. Before him are Lais of Hyccara, Nicanor, Hecataeus of Abdera, Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, Khabash, and Cleitarchus. After him are Cleomenes of Naucratis, Alexander of Pherae, Quintus Hortensius, Mahapadma Nanda, Leosthenes, and Bryaxis. Among people deceased in 321 BC, Neoptolemus ranks 5. Before him are Aristotle, Perdiccas, Craterus, and King Xian of Zhou. After him is Archon of Pella.

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