POLITICIAN
Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex
133 BC - 82 BC
Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex
Quintus Mucius Scaevola "Pontifex" (140–82 BC) was a politician of the Roman Republic and an important early authority on Roman law. He is credited with founding the study of law as a systematic discipline. He was elected Pontifex Maximus (chief priest of Rome), as had been his father and uncle before him. He was the first Roman Pontifex Maximus to be murdered publicly, in Rome in the temple of the Vestal Virgins, signifying a breakdown of historical norms and religious taboos in the Republic. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex is the 7,025th most popular politician (down from 5,902nd in 2024). (down from 896th in 2019)
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Among politicians, Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex ranks 7,025 out of 19,576. Before him are Baldwin III, Count of Flanders, Diponegoro, Yesü Möngke, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Tiberius Claudius Narcissus, and Tiridates III of Parthia. After him are John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, Sooronbay Jeenbekov, Eugen Ehrlich, Ulaghchi, Archduke Wilhelm of Austria, and Rei Kawakubo.
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 133 BC, Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex ranks 1. Among people deceased in 82 BC, Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex ranks 2. Before him is Gaius Marius the Younger. After him are Gnaeus Papirius Carbo, and Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus.
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Gaius Marius the Younger
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109 BC - 82 BC
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 1
Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex
POLITICIAN
133 BC - 82 BC
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 2
Gnaeus Papirius Carbo
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130 BC - 82 BC
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 3
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200 BC - 82 BC
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 4
