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Phalaris

700 BC - 600 BC

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Phalaris (Greek: Φάλαρις) was the tyrant of Akragas (now Agrigento) in Sicily in Magna Graecia, from approximately 570 to 554 BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phalaris has received more than 493,409 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Phalaris is the 2,323rd most popular politician (up from 2,338th in 2019), the 809th most popular biography from Italy (up from 826th in 2019) and the 156th most popular Italian Politician.

Phalaris was a tyrant who ruled over the ancient Greek city of Acragas. He is most famous for his cruel treatment of his enemies and subjects, which included feeding them to a bronze bull he had constructed.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Phalaris ranks 2,323 out of 19,576Before him are Vitiges, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Giovanna of Italy, and Jehoahaz of Judah. After him are Henry the Young King, Gustav Bauer, Jules Grévy, Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg, Rajendra Prasad, and Cevdet Sunay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700 BC, Phalaris ranks 10Before him are Arion, Psamtik I, Amasis II, Tyrtaeus, Jeconiah, and Anacharsis. After him are Necho I, Periander, Psamtik II, Phraortes, Cylon of Athens, and Perdiccas I of Macedon. Among people deceased in 600 BC, Phalaris ranks 11Before him are Belshazzar, Astyages, Maya, Theano, Anacharsis, and Epimenides. After him are Ibycus, Sushruta, Mimnermus, Cleisthenes of Sicyon, Tanaquil, and Harpagus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Phalaris ranks 809 out of 5,161Before him are Vittorio Monti (1868), Sebastiano del Piombo (1485), Il Sodoma (1477), Pope Benedict V (930), Giovanna of Italy (1907), and Aldo Rossi (1931). After him are Carlo Gozzi (1720), Peter, King of Hungary (1011), Pietro Locatelli (1695), Piero di Cosimo (1462), Herod Agrippa II (28), and Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (1900).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Phalaris ranks 156Before him are Milo of Croton (-557), Faustina the Younger (125), Tiberius Claudius Nero (-85), Nero Julius Caesar (6), Athalaric (516), and Giovanna of Italy (1907). After him are Peter, King of Hungary (1011), Herod Agrippa II (28), Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (1900), Fausta (289), Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (1751), and Berengar II of Italy (900).