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Sporus

49 - 69

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Sporus (died 69 CE) was a young slave boy whom the Roman Emperor Nero had castrated and married as his Empress during his tour of Greece in 66–67 CE, allegedly in order for him to play the role of his wife, Poppaea Sabina, who had died the previous year. Ancient historians generally portrayed the relationship between Nero and Sporus as an "abomination"; Suetonius places his account of the Nero–Sporus relationship in his "scandalous accounts of Nero's sexual aberrations," between his raping a Vestal Virgin and committing incest with his mother. Some think Nero used his marriage to Sporus to assuage the guilt he felt for allegedly kicking his pregnant wife Poppaea to death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sporus has received more than 2,726,223 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Sporus is the 2,161st most popular politician (up from 7,379th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sporus ranks 2,161 out of 19,576Before him are Louise of Orléans, John, Prince of Asturias, King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Karl Radek, Mikhail Suslov, and Solomon, King of Hungary. After him are Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Cyril Ramaphosa, Thaksin Shinawatra, Teia, Gianni Agnelli, and Isma'il ibn Ahmad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 49, Sporus ranks 1 Among people deceased in 69, Sporus ranks 5Before him are Galba, Vitellius, Otho, and James, brother of Jesus. After him are Tigellinus, Domitilla the Younger, Cartimandua, Evodius, Titus Flavius Sabinus, Epaphroditus, and Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi Licinianus.

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