Seuthes II (Ancient Greek: Σεύθης, Seuthēs) was a ruler in the Odrysian kingdom of Thrace, attested from 405 to 387 BC. While he looms large in the historical narrative thanks to his close collaboration with Xenophon, most scholars consider Seuthes II to have been a subordinate regional ruler (paradynast) and later claimant to kingship, but never the supreme king of the Odrysian state. Seuthes II was the son of Maesades (Maisadēs), and a descendant of Teres I. Maesades had ruled as paradynast over several tribes in southeastern Thrace (the Melanditi, Thyni, and the Tranipsi) west of Byzantium, but he had been expelled in unclear circumstances. His young son Seuthes then became the ward of Medocus/Amadocus I, who eventually restored him in parts of his father's lands, including Bisanthe, although others remained in the possession of another paradynast, a certain Teres II. Amadocus I and Seuthes II appear to have been ruling by 405 BC, when the exiled Athenian commander Alcibiades boasted of his friendship with them to his fellow Athenians. Xenophon, whom Seuthes II hired as a mercenary commander in the winter of 401/400 BC, describes Seuthes as the subordinate of Amadocus I. Read more on Wikipedia
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Among politicians, Seuthes II ranks 13,656 out of 15,577. Before him are Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Amda Seyon I, Seán T. O'Kelly, Yossi Beilin, Jan Černý, and J. William Fulbright. After him are William Camden, Elaine Chao, Evangelos Venizelos, Ptolemaeus of Commagene, Bainbridge Colby, and José María Castro Madriz.
1841 - 1908
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 13,650
1314 - 1344
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 13,651
1882 - 1966
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 13,652
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 13,653
1874 - 1959
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 13,654
1905 - 1995
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 13,655
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 13,656
1551 - 1623
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 13,657
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 13,658
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 13,659
250 BC - 130 BC
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 13,660
1869 - 1950
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 13,661
1818 - 1892
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 13,662