MILITARY PERSONNEL

Pyrrhus of Epirus

318 BC - 272 BC

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Pyrrhus ( PIRR-əss; Ancient Greek: Πύρρος Pýrrhos; 319/318–272 BC) was a Greek king and statesman of the Hellenistic period. He was king of the Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house, and later he became king (Malalas also called him toparch) of Epirus. He was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome, and had been regarded as one of the greatest generals of antiquity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pyrrhus of Epirus has received more than 2,693,242 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Pyrrhus of Epirus is the 37th most popular military personnel (down from 23rd in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 37th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Greek Military Personnel.

Pyrrhus of Epirus is most famous for his victory over the Romans at the Battle of Asculum in 279 BC.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Pyrrhus of Epirus ranks 37 out of 2,058. Before him are Tokugawa Ieyasu, Eugène de Beauharnais, Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Belisarius, Alfred Dreyfus, and Simo Häyhä. After him are Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, T. E. Lawrence, Douglas MacArthur, Lü Bu, Ratko Mladić, and Bohdan Khmelnytsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 318 BC, Pyrrhus of Epirus ranks 1. After him is Ptolemy Keraunos. Among people deceased in 272 BC, Pyrrhus of Epirus ranks 1. 

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Pyrrhus of Epirus ranks 43 out of 1,024. Before him are Gorgias (-483), Themistocles (-524), Solon (-638), Myron (-500), Alcibiades (-450), and Draco (-650). After him are Polybius (-208), Theophrastus (-371), Aristarchus of Samos (-311), Praxiteles (-395), Constantine II of Greece (1940), and Peisistratos (-600).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Greece

Among military personnels born in Greece, Pyrrhus of Epirus ranks 5. Before him are Alexander the Great (-356), Spartacus (-109), Ptolemy I Soter (-367), and Themistocles (-524). After him are Miltiades (-540), Seleucus I Nicator (-358), Hephaestion (-356), Cimon (-510), Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), Parmenion (-400), and Mardonius (-600).

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