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Orodes II

70 BC - 38 BC

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Orodes II (also spelled Urud II; Parthian: 𐭅𐭓𐭅𐭃 Wērōd), was King of Kings of the Parthian Empire from 57 BC to 37 BC. He was a son of Phraates III, whom he murdered in 57 BC, assisted by his elder brother Mithridates IV. The two brothers quickly fell out and entered into a dynastic struggle, in which Orodes was triumphant. Meanwhile, the Roman general and triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus had made an attempt to extend his share of Roman territory by eastward conquest. This attempt proved disastrous, with Crassus meeting his end in 53 BC, in the Battle of Carrhae, by Orodes' general Surena. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Orodes II has received more than 128,167 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Orodes II is the 2,647th most popular politician (up from 5,029th in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from Iran (up from 154th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Iranian Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Orodes II ranks 2,647 out of 19,576. Before him are Henriette of France, Lamoral, Count of Egmont, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Viktor Zubkov, Lady Sun, and Juvénal Habyarimana. After him are Naram-Sin of Akkad, Giuseppe Guarneri, Zhang Zuolin, Renée of France, Óscar Arias, and Yelü Dashi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 70 BC, Orodes II ranks 2. Before him is Virgil. After him are Scribonia, Publius Cornelius Dolabella, and Junia Tertia. Among people deceased in 38 BC, Orodes II ranks 1. After him are Antiochus I Theos of Commagene, Pacorus I, and Quintus Labienus.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Orodes II ranks 105 out of 631. Before him are Mordecai (null), Bahram Chobin (600), Muhammad I Tapar (1082), Shahnaz Pahlavi (1940), Yazdegerd I (400), and Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (1872). After him are Safi of Persia (1611), Mithridates I of Parthia (-195), Ibn al-Muqaffa' (724), Demetrius II Nicator (-161), Qazi Muhammad (1893), and Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi (1155).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Orodes II ranks 61. Before him are Atossa (-550), Sogdianus of Persia (-500), Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah (873), Muhammad I Tapar (1082), Yazdegerd I (400), and Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (1872). After him are Safi of Persia (1611), Mithridates I of Parthia (-195), Demetrius II Nicator (-161), Qazi Muhammad (1893), Yazdegerd II (500), and Mohammad Shah Qajar (1808).

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