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Sejanus

20 BC - 31

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Lucius Aelius Sejanus (c. 20 BC – 18 October AD 31), commonly known as Sejanus (), was a Roman soldier, friend, and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sejanus has received more than 964,922 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Sejanus is the 309th most popular military personnel (down from 237th in 2019), the 921st most popular biography from Italy (down from 697th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Italian Military Personnel.

Sejanus was the commander of the Roman army and the right-hand man of Emperor Tiberius. He was also a trusted advisor and confidant of the emperor. Sejanus was most famous for his betrayal of Tiberius, when he conspired with the emperor's nephew, Gaius, to overthrow the emperor and take power for himself.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Sejanus ranks 309 out of 2,058. Before him are Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, Alexander Löhr, Vasily Blyukher, Dmitry Yazov, Kurt Meyer, and Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf. After him are John J. Pershing, John Demjanjuk, Boris Shaposhnikov, Fyodor Tolbukhin, Benedict Arnold, and Hermann Balck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 20 BC, Sejanus ranks 6. Before him are John the Baptist, Herod Antipas, Phaedrus, James, brother of Jesus, and Gaius Caesar.  Among people deceased in 31, Sejanus ranks 4. Before him are John the Baptist, Nero Julius Caesar, and Marcus Velleius Paterculus. After him is Livilla.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Sejanus ranks 921 out of 5,161. Before him are Dionysius II of Syracuse (-397), William I of Sicily (1126), Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548), Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (-300), Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646), and Silas (1). After him are Sebastiano Serlio (1475), Poggio Bracciolini (1380), Epicharmus of Kos (-524), Antonio Tabucchi (1943), Quirinius (-45), and Sandro Pertini (1896).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Italy

Among military personnels born in Italy, Sejanus ranks 15. Before him are Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (-229), Roger de Flor (1267), Italo Balbo (1896), Raimondo Montecuccoli (1609), Federico da Montefeltro (1422), and Titus Labienus (-100). After him are Emilio De Bono (1866), Italo Gariboldi (1879), Giovanni Messe (1883), Luigi Cadorna (1850), Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli (1856), and Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (1869).

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