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POLITICIAN

Nicias

500 BC - 413 BC

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Nicias (; Ancient Greek: Νικίας Νικηράτου Κυδαντίδης, romanized: Nikias Nikēratou Kydantidēs; c. 470–413 BC) was an Athenian politician and general during the period of the Peloponnesian War. Nicias was a member of the Athenian aristocracy and had inherited a large fortune from his father, which was invested in the silver mines around Attica's Mt. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicias has received more than 238,244 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Nicias is the 2,241st most popular politician (down from 2,012th in 2019), the 169th most popular biography from Greece (down from 154th in 2019) and the 60th most popular Greek Politician.

Nicias was most famous for leading the Athenian army against the Spartans in the Peloponnesian War.

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  • 31

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  • 9.48

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nicias ranks 2,241 out of 15,577Before him are Al-Mutawakkil, Henry III of Castile, Henry X, Duke of Bavaria, Fahri Korutürk, Vasily Blokhin, and Louis, Prince of Condé. After him are Öljaitü, King Zhuangxiang of Qin, Houari Boumédiène, Aemilianus, Cleopatra III of Egypt, and Chlothar III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Nicias ranks 17Before him are Cratylus, Xerxes II of Persia, Pāṇini, Pleistarchus, Zeuxis, and Ajatashatru. After him are Meton of Athens, Brasidas, Sogdianus of Persia, Mnesikles, Archelaus, and Polygnotus. Among people deceased in 413 BC, Nicias ranks 1After him are Perdiccas II of Macedon, Demosthenes, and Eurymedon.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Nicias ranks 169 out of 936Before him are Hippocrates of Chios (-470), Callisthenes (-360), Spyridon Louis (1873), Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886), Panaetius (-185), and Aeschines (-389). After him are Helen of Greece and Denmark (1896), Hipparchia of Maroneia (-350), Meton of Athens (-500), Periander (-700), Antigonus II Gonatas (-319), and Cleomenes III (-260).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Nicias ranks 60Before him are Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776), Pleistarchus (-500), Georgios Papadopoulos (1919), Antonia Minor (-36), Cleomenes I (-600), and Aeschines (-389). After him are Antigonus II Gonatas (-319), Cleomenes III (-260), Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907), Ephialtes (-590), Brasidas (-500), and Admetus (null).