MILITARY PERSONNEL

Spartacus

109 BC - 71 BC

Spartacus

Spartacus (Greek: Σπάρτακος Spártakos; Latin: Spartacus; c. 111–71 BC) was a Thracian gladiator who, along with Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, and Oenomaus, was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Little is known about him beyond the events of the war, and surviving historical accounts are sometimes contradictory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Spartacus has received more than 8,246,892 page views. His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2019). Spartacus is the 5th most popular military personnel (up from 6th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Greece (up from 10th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Greek Military Personnel.

Spartacus was a Thracian slave who led a major slave rebellion in the Roman Republic.

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8.2M
Page Views (PV)
89.39
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
78
Languages Editions (L)
13.57
Effective Languages (L*)
3.06
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Spartacus ranks 5 out of 1,466. Before him are Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Joan of Arc, and Timur. After him are Charles de Gaulle, Erwin Rommel, Karl Dönitz, Charles Martel, Adolf Eichmann, William Wallace, and Chiang Kai-shek.

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Spartacus
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HPI: 89.39
Rank: 5
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HPI: 85.58
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HPI: 84.65
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 109 BC, Spartacus ranks 1. After him are Catiline and Gaius Marius the Younger. Among people deceased in 71 BC, Spartacus ranks 1. After him are Gannicus and Marcus Antonius Creticus.