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Oxyartes

380 BC - 400 BC

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Oxyartes (Old Persian: 𐎢𐎺𐎧𐏁𐎫𐎼, Greek: Ὀξυάρτης, in Persian: وخش‌ارد ("Vaxš-ard"), from an unattested form in an Old Iranian language: *Huxšaθra-) was a Sogdian or Bactrian nobleman of Bactria, father of Roxana, the wife of Alexander of Macedon. He is first mentioned as one of the chiefs who accompanied Bessus on his retreat across the Oxus river into Sogdiana (329 BC). After the death of Bessus, Oxyartes deposited his wife and daughters for safety in a rock fortress in Sogdiana, which was deemed impregnable, but nevertheless soon fell into the hands of Alexander's forces. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oxyartes has received more than 138,671 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Oxyartes is the 5,010th most popular politician (up from 6,440th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Oxyartes by language

Over the past year Oxyartes has had the most page views in the with 21,135 views, followed by Russian (5,326), and Persian (5,196). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (83.33%), Portuguese (70.08%), and Italian (67.21%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Oxyartes ranks 5,010 out of 19,576. Before him are Siemomysł, Jón Sigurðsson, Abdul Karim, Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Tiridates I of Armenia, and Raymond of Burgundy. After him are Tokugawa Ieharu, Gunnbjörn Ulfsson, Otto Rasch, Stanislav Kosior, Emperor Go-Hanazono, and Saray Mulk Khanum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 380 BC, Oxyartes ranks 5. Before him are Darius III, Pytheas, Memnon of Rhodes, and Anaxarchus. After him are Anaximenes of Lampsacus, Demades, Mentor of Rhodes, and Lanike. Among people deceased in 400 BC, Oxyartes ranks 12. Before him are Teos of Egypt, Leochares, Eubulides, Phaedo of Elis, Parysatis, and Alcamenes. After him are Crateuas of Macedon, Cephisodotus the Elder, Nausiphanes, Artakama, Perictione, and Cebes.

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