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Peter the Patrician

500 - 565

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Peter the Patrician (Latin: Petrus Patricius, Greek: Πέτρος ὁ Πατρίκιος, Petros ho Patrikios; c. 500–565) was a senior Byzantine official, diplomat, and historian. A well-educated and successful lawyer, he was repeatedly sent as envoy to Ostrogothic Italy in the prelude to the Gothic War of 535–554. Despite his diplomatic skill, he was not able to avert war, and was imprisoned by the Goths in Ravenna for a few years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter the Patrician has received more than 52,206 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Peter the Patrician is the 8,717th most popular politician (up from 9,095th in 2019), the 455th most popular biography from Greece (up from 476th in 2019) and the 193rd most popular Greek Politician.

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  • 1.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Peter the Patrician ranks 8,717 out of 19,576. Before him are Christian Metz, Lucia, Countess of Tripoli, Shō Shin, Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria, and Vaso Čubrilović. After him are Louis I of Naples, Takako Shimazu, Michael II Komnenos Doukas, Vladimir Kokovtsov, István Horthy, and Fulk II, Count of Anjou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500, Peter the Patrician ranks 34. Before him are Hesychius of Alexandria, Beopheung of Silla, Ardaric, Aedesia, Tato, and Euphemia. After him are Agathangelos, Kaleb of Axum, Antipope Dioscorus, Clotilde, Ælle of Sussex, and Theodoric Strabo. Among people deceased in 565, Peter the Patrician ranks 3. Before him are Justinian I, and Belisarius. After him are Antonina, and Samson of Dol.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Peter the Patrician ranks 455 out of 1,024. Before him are Achilles Painter (-470), Nikolaos Plastiras (1883), Metrodorus of Chios (-500), John Aniston (1933), Michael Glykas (1125), and Diocles (-240). After him are Tommy Lee (1962), Dionysios Solomos (1798), Clearchus of Sparta (-401), Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha (1855), Koçi Xoxe (1911), and Dorieus (-600).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Peter the Patrician ranks 193. Before him are Patrona Halil (1690), Pavlos Kountouriotis (1855), Eucleidas (-201), Dimitar Blagoev (1856), Glaucias of Taulantii (-335), and Nikolaos Plastiras (1883). After him are Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha (1855), Koçi Xoxe (1911), Dorieus (-600), Hyperbolus (-500), Ioannis Kolettis (1773), and Archidamus V (-250).

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