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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Stilicho

359 - 408

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Stilicho (; c. 359 – 22 August 408) was a military commander in the Roman army who, for a time, became the most powerful man in the Western Roman Empire. He was of Vandal origins and married to Serena, the niece of emperor Theodosius I. He became guardian for the underage Honorius. After nine years of struggle against barbarian and Roman enemies, political and military disasters finally allowed his enemies in the court of Honorius to remove him from power. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stilicho has received more than 801,875 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Stilicho is the 119th most popular military personnel (down from 95th in 2019), the 152nd most popular biography from Turkey (down from 138th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Turkish Military Personnel.

Stilicho was most famous for his successful defense of Rome against the Visigoths in 410.

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  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.18

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  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Stilicho ranks 119 out of 1,468Before him are Cimon, Semyon Timoshenko, Erich von Falkenhayn, Narses, Theodor Eicke, and Yi Sun-sin. After him are Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Ludwig Beck, Nero Claudius Drusus, George S. Patton, Michael Wittmann, and Bohemond I of Antioch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 359, Stilicho ranks 2Before him is Gratian. After him is Godigisel. Among people deceased in 408, Stilicho ranks 2Before him is Arcadius. After him is Serena.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Stilicho ranks 152 out of 1,301Before him are Pope Vitalian (600), Zeno (425), Dionysius of Halicarnassus (-60), Saint Nino (296), Michael VII Doukas (1050), and Narses (478). After him are Hecuba (null), Abdullah Öcalan (1949), Saint Timothy (17), Mesrop Mashtots (361), Basil I (811), and Gülfem Hatun (1500).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Turkey

Among military personnels born in Turkey, Stilicho ranks 2Before him are Narses (478). After him are Dragut (1485), Eumenes (-362), Andranik (1865), Thomas the Slav (800), Laskarina Bouboulina (1771), Osman Nuri Pasha (1832), Heraclius the Elder (600), Kemal Reis (1451), Bardas Skleros (1000), and Sosthenes of Macedon (-400).