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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Parmenion

400 BC - 329 BC

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Parmenion (also Parmenio; Greek: Παρμενίων; c. 400 – 330 BC), son of Philotas, was a Macedonian general in the service of Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great. A nobleman, Parmenion rose to become Philip's chief military lieutenant and Alexander's strategos (military general). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Parmenion has received more than 466,576 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Parmenion is the 201st most popular military personnel (up from 203rd in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Greece and the 12th most popular Greek Military Personnel.

Parmenion was a Macedonian general and close friend of Alexander the Great. He was killed by Alexander's son, Alexander IV, in the chaos that followed Alexander's death.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Parmenion ranks 201 out of 1,468. Before him are Amr ibn al-As, Mikhail Frunze, Maximilian von Weichs, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, and Tadamichi Kuribayashi. After him are Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Gotthard Heinrici, Josip Jelačić, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Sun Jian, and Zhou Yu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Parmenion ranks 3. Before him are Bessus and Tollund Man. After him are Porus, Berossus, Theopompus, Spitamenes, Atropates, Teos of Egypt, Nectanebo II, Agnodice, and Stateira I. Among people deceased in 329 BC, Parmenion ranks 2. Before him is Bessus. After him is Mahapadma Nanda.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Parmenion ranks 139 out of 936. Before him are Tyrtaeus (-700), Thespis (-600), Pope Eleutherius (171), Cleon (-450), Costa-Gavras (1933), and Epimenides (-690). After him are Callicrates (-470), Saint Giles (640), Ephialtes of Trachis (-550), Apollodorus of Athens (-180), Sophia Palaiologina (1455), and Demetrius of Phalerum (-350).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Greece

Among military personnels born in Greece, Parmenion ranks 12. Before him are Miltiades (-540), Seleucus I Nicator (-358), Hephaestion (-356), Cimon (-510), Mardonius (-600), and Djemal Pasha (1872). After him are Pausanias (null), Craterus (-370), Lysander (-401), Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), Nearchus (-356), and Thrasybulus (-440).

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