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Phocas

547 - 610

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Phocas (Latin: Focas; Ancient Greek: Φωκάς, romanized: Phōkás; 547 – 5 October 610) was Byzantine emperor from 602 to 610. Initially a middle-ranking officer in the Eastern Roman army, Phocas rose to prominence as a spokesman for dissatisfied soldiers in their disputes with the court of the Emperor Maurice. When the army revolted in 602, Phocas emerged as the natural leader of the mutiny. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phocas has received more than 832,514 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Phocas is the 769th most popular politician (up from 980th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 11th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Bulgarian Politician.

Phocas was most famous for being the emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 602 to 610. He was a usurper who overthrew Maurice and was killed by Heraclius.

Memorability Metrics

  • 830k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Phocas ranks 769 out of 19,576. Before him are Enver Pasha, Umar II, Karl Liebknecht, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Emperor Gaozu of Tang, and Henry III of England. After him are Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Haile Selassie, John of Bohemia, and Michael VIII Palaiologos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 547, Phocas ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 610, Phocas ranks 1. After him are Waraqah ibn Nawfal, Heraclius the Elder, Witteric, Leontia, and Thomas I of Constantinople.

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    Phocas

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    547 - 610

    HPI: 71.18

    Rank: 1

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Phocas ranks 7 out of 415. Before him are Aesop (-620), Ahmed III (1673), Belisarius (505), Elias Canetti (1905), Flavius Aetius (390), and Georgi Dimitrov (1882). After him are Todor Zhivkov (1911), Boris III of Bulgaria (1894), Marcian (396), Maximinus Thrax (173), Simeon I of Bulgaria (864), and Julia Kristeva (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bulgaria

Among politicians born in Bulgaria, Phocas ranks 3. Before him are Ahmed III (1673), and Georgi Dimitrov (1882). After him are Todor Zhivkov (1911), Boris III of Bulgaria (1894), Marcian (396), Maximinus Thrax (173), Simeon I of Bulgaria (864), Tiberius II Constantine (520), Talaat Pasha (1874), Boris I of Bulgaria (828), and Kubrat (605).

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