MILITARY PERSONNEL

Oenomaus

105 BC - 70 BC

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Oenomaus was a Gallic gladiator, who escaped from the gladiatorial school of Lentulus Batiatus in Capua. Together with Spartacus, Crixus, Castus, and Gannicus, he became one of the leaders of rebellious slaves during the Third Servile War (73–71 BC) Oenomaus was involved in one of the first major successes of the slave army, the rout of the army of the praetor Gaius Claudius Glaber, who had tried to lay siege to the slave army near Mount Vesuvius. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oenomaus has received more than 182,040 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Oenomaus is the 558th most popular military personnel (down from 275th in 2019), the 1,527th most popular biography from France (down from 778th in 2019) and the 56th most popular French Military Personnel.

Oenomaus was a king of the city of Pisa in the Peloponnese. He is most famous for his victory over the Spartan king, Leonidas, in the battle of Thermopylae.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Oenomaus ranks 558 out of 2,058. Before him are Harpagus, Franz von Hipper, Kawakami Gensai, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Seishirō Itagaki, and Bob Denard. After him are Hans Baur, Kurt Franz, Adolf Heusinger, Jisaburō Ozawa, Saburō Sakai, and Kenji Doihara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 105 BC, Oenomaus ranks 1. After him are Lucius Licinius Murena, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, and Marcus Atius. Among people deceased in 70 BC, Oenomaus ranks 1. After him are Sinatruces of Parthia, Mithridates I Callinicus, and Appius Claudius Pulcher.

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In France

Among people born in France, Oenomaus ranks 1,527 out of 6,770. Before him are Michel Serrault (1928), Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893), Louis de Bonald (1754), Henri Delaunay (1883), Bob Denard (1929), and Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (1240). After him are Raymond of Burgundy (1070), Bertrand Tavernier (1941), Charles, Duke of Mayenne (1554), Claude of France (1547), Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716), and Albert Calmette (1863).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Oenomaus ranks 56. Before him are Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1476), François Joseph Lefebvre (1755), Pierre Cambronne (1770), Jacques MacDonald (1765), Henri de la Rochejaquelein (1772), and Bob Denard (1929). After him are Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon (1754), Louis-Gabriel Suchet (1770), Joseph Gallieni (1849), Henri Gatien Bertrand (1773), Walter Krüger (1890), and Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (1489).

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