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Sophonisba

300 BC - 203 BC

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Sophonisba (in Punic, 𐤑𐤐𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 Ṣap̄anbaʿal) (fl. 206 - 203 BC) was a Carthaginian noblewoman who lived during the Second Punic War, and the daughter of Hasdrubal Gisco. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sophonisba has received more than 193,138 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Sophonisba is the 3,066th most popular politician (down from 3,051st in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Tunisia (down from 21st in 2019) and the 12th most popular Tunisian Politician.

Sophonisba is most famous for her resistance to the Romans during the Second Punic War. She was captured and tortured by the Romans, but refused to give up any information.

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  • 22

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  • 7.44

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  • 1.65

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sophonisba ranks 3,066 out of 15,577Before her are Abdul Salam Arif, Pelopidas, Princess Louise of Prussia, Abbas III, Ferdinand Čatloš, and Clotilde of France. After her are Frederick I, Duke of Swabia, Léon Bourgeois, Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois, Emperor Cheng of Han, Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria, and Oswald Pohl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 300 BC, Sophonisba ranks 7Before her are Hasdrubal Barca, Ziying, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, Zhao Gao, Wang Jian, and Nabis. After her are Hasdrubal Gisco, Prusias I of Bithynia, Hanno the Great, Gentius, Lucius Aemilius Paullus, and Nicomedes I of Bithynia. Among people deceased in 203 BC, Sophonisba ranks 3Before her are Mago Barca and Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus.

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In Tunisia

Among people born in Tunisia, Sophonisba ranks 22 out of 179Before her are Aemilianus (207), Beji Caid Essebsi (1926), Julia of Corsica (420), Gunthamund (450), Hasdrubal the Fair (-270), and Gordian II (190). After her are Macrobius (370), Mohamed Ghannouchi (1941), Hasdrubal Gisco (-300), Moncef Marzouki (1945), Arnobius (255), and Hanno the Great (-300).

Among POLITICIANS In Tunisia

Among politicians born in Tunisia, Sophonisba ranks 12Before her are Clodius Albinus (150), Aemilianus (207), Beji Caid Essebsi (1926), Gunthamund (450), Hasdrubal the Fair (-270), and Gordian II (190). After her are Mohamed Ghannouchi (1941), Moncef Marzouki (1945), Hanno the Great (-300), Salvius Julianus (115), Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah (931), and Fouad Mebazaa (1933).