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Philopoemen

253 BC - 183 BC

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Philopoemen (Greek: Φιλοποίμην Philopoímēn; 253 BC, Megalopolis – 183 BC, Messene) was a skilled Greek general and statesman, who was Achaean strategos on eight occasions. From the time he was appointed as strategos in 209 BC, Philopoemen helped turn the Achaean League into an important military power in Greece. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philopoemen has received more than 193,966 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Philopoemen is the 4,052nd most popular politician (down from 2,963rd in 2019), the 256th most popular biography from Greece (down from 203rd in 2019) and the 107th most popular Greek Politician.

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  • 190k

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  • 61.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Philopoemen ranks 4,052 out of 19,576. Before him are Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Sarduri II, Bretislav I, William V, Duke of Bavaria, Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, and Élisabeth Borne. After him are John Dickinson, Bogd Khan, Gyula Andrássy the Younger, John II, Count of Holland, Margaret, Countess of Tyrol, and Heraclius II of Georgia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 253 BC, Philopoemen ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 183 BC, Philopoemen ranks 3. Before him are Hannibal, and Scipio Africanus. After him are Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, Publius Licinius Crassus Dives, and Agesipolis III.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Philopoemen ranks 256 out of 1,024. Before him are Saturnin (300), Hipparchus (-600), Antonia the Elder (-39), Matthew Kantakouzenos (1325), Agnodice (-400), and Kyriakos Mitsotakis (1968). After him are Georgios Papanikolaou (1883), Jean Moréas (1856), Alcamenes (-500), Agathon (-448), Conon of Samos (-280), and Andocides (-440).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Philopoemen ranks 107. Before him are Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (1905), Nabis (-300), Hipparchus (-600), Antonia the Elder (-39), Matthew Kantakouzenos (1325), and Kyriakos Mitsotakis (1968). After him are Andocides (-440), Cynisca (-430), Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (1872), Theodore Komnenos Doukas (1180), Agis II (-490), and Alexandros Papagos (1883).

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