MILITARY PERSONNEL

Surena

84 BC - 52 BC

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Surena or Suren, also known as Rustaham Suren (died 53 or 52 BC), was a Parthian spahbed ("general" or "commander") during the first century BC. He was the leader of the House of Suren and was best known for defeating the Romans in the Battle of Carrhae. Under his command, the Parthians decisively defeated a numerically superior Roman invasion force under the command of Marcus Licinius Crassus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Surena has received more than 334,844 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Surena is the 635th most popular military personnel (up from 723rd in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 173rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iraqi Military Personnel.

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  • 330k

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  • 58.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Surena ranks 635 out of 2,058. Before him are Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, Lady Triệu, Hans Hermann von Katte, Walther Nehring, Tarrare, and Harold Lowe. After him are Franz Hössler, William Bligh, Hans Speidel, Demosthenes, Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, and Sergey Biryuzov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 84 BC, Surena ranks 3. Before him are Catullus, and Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus. After him is Publius Servilius Casca. Among people deceased in 52 BC, Surena ranks 2. Before him is Publius Clodius Pulcher. After him are Marcus Atius, and Marcus Aemilius Scaurus.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Surena ranks 159 out of 384. Before him are Lugalbanda (null), Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (1940), Al-Musta'in (836), Ashur-etil-ilani (-700), Haider al-Abadi (1952), and Eannatum (-2500). After him are Al-Mustazhir (1078), Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (1904), Enmebaragesi (-2650), Az-Zahir (1176), Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti (1951), and Sayf al-Din Ghazi I (1200).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Iraq

Among military personnels born in Iraq, Surena ranks 4. Before him are Ahmad Sanjar (1100), Qutayba ibn Muslim (668), and Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad (648). After him are Mahmud Shevket Pasha (1856), Abu Ali al-Anbari (1957), Abu Azrael (1978), and Juba (1978).

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