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Phraortes

700 BC - 633 BC

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Phraortes (Old Persian: 𐎳𐎼𐎺𐎼𐎫𐎡𐏁, romanized: Fravartiš; Ancient Greek: Φραόρτης, romanized: Phraórtēs), son of Deioces, was the second king of the Median kingdom. Like his father Deioces, Phraortes started wars against Assyria, but was defeated and killed by the Assyrian king, probably Ashurbanipal (r. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phraortes has received more than 123,913 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Phraortes is the 4,186th most popular politician (up from 4,306th in 2019).

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  • 120k

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  • 59.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Phraortes ranks 4,186 out of 15,577Before him are Sancho I of León, Georg von Hertling, Emperor He of Han, Peter I of Aragon and Pamplona, Ata-Malik Juvayni, and Alexander V of Macedon. After him are Vsevolod the Big Nest, Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, George II Rákóczi, João Lourenço, Enrico De Nicola, and Charles, Prince of Viana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700 BC, Phraortes ranks 16Before him are Phalaris, Periander, Psamtik II, Necho I, Cylon of Athens, and Perdiccas I of Macedon. After him are Harpagus, Cypselus, Sinsharishkun, Philip I of Macedon, Myson of Chenae, and Leon of Sparta. Among people deceased in 633 BC, Phraortes ranks 1

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