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Pausanias of Sparta

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Pausanias (Ancient Greek: Παυσανίας) was the Agiad King of Sparta; the son of Pleistoanax. He ruled Sparta from 445 BC to 427 BC and again from 409 BC to 395 BC. He was the leader of the faction in Sparta that opposed the imperialist policy conducted by Lysander. Pausanias became king in 445 BC, when his father Pleistoanax was forced into exile because he made a peace settlement with Athens, which was deemed dishonourable in Sparta. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pausanias of Sparta has received more than 107,086 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Pausanias of Sparta is the 3,332nd most popular politician (up from 4,419th in 2019), the 220th most popular biography from Greece (up from 276th in 2019) and the 88th most popular Greek Politician.

Pausanias of Sparta is most famous for his two-volume work "Description of Greece" which he wrote in the 2nd century AD. He was a Greek traveler and geographer who wrote about the geography and monuments of Greece.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pausanias of Sparta ranks 3,332 out of 19,576. Before him are Boris Tadić, Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, Stephen Bocskai, Ptahhotep, Ismail Qemali, and Otto I, Duke of Bavaria. After him are János Áder, Vojislav Šešelj, Alar Karis, Eleonora Gonzaga, Ulrich von Jungingen, and Ma Ying-jeou.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Pausanias of Sparta ranks 220 out of 1,024. Before him are Antiochus IX Cyzicenus (-135), Pelopidas (-450), Cecrops I (null), Ephialtes (-590), Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (1903), and Antiphon (-480). After him are Lafcadio Hearn (1850), Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906), Mnesikles (-500), Athenagoras of Athens (133), Plutarch of Athens (350), and Idomeneus of Crete (null).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Pausanias of Sparta ranks 88. Before him are Antiochus IX Cyzicenus (-135), Pelopidas (-450), Cecrops I (null), Ephialtes (-590), Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (1903), and Antiphon (-480). After him are Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906), Idomeneus of Crete (null), Archidamus II (-450), Lycurgus of Athens (-390), Antiochus VIII Grypus (-141), and Gazi Husrev-beg (1480).

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