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Syphax

250 BC - 202 BC

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Syphax (Ancient Greek: Σύφαξ, Sýphax; Punic: 𐤎𐤐𐤒, SPQ) was a king of the Masaesyli tribe of western Numidia (present-day Algeria) during the last quarter of the 3rd century BC. His story is told in Livy's Ab Urbe Condita (written c. 27–25 BC). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Syphax has received more than 169,290 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Syphax is the 2,901st most popular politician (up from 2,930th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 21st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Algerian Politician.

Syphax was the king of the Masaesyli, a Numidian tribe in North Africa. He led the Numidian army against the Romans in the Second Punic War.

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  • 62.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Syphax ranks 2,901 out of 15,577. Before him are Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Al-Walid II, Arsinoe IV of Egypt, Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen, Thaksin Shinawatra, and Laura Bush. After him are Mahmud I of Great Seljuq, Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Wolfgang Schäuble, Ashraf Ghani, William Pitt the Younger, and Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 250 BC, Syphax ranks 3. Before him are Bai Qi and Meng Tian. After him are Fusu, Lykourgos, Eumenes I, Touman, Chen Sheng, Nicander, Tiberius Sempronius Longus, Gala, and Aulus Atilius Calatinus. Among people deceased in 202 BC, Syphax ranks 2. Before him is Xiang Yu. After him are Hasdrubal Gisco, Maharbal, Sanghamitta, and Titus Manlius Torquatus.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Syphax ranks 27 out of 184. Before him are Abdelkader Bensalah (1941), Jacques Rancière (1940), Juba I of Numidia (-85), Martianus Capella (360), Ferhat Abbas (1899), and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (1933). After him are Bernard-Henri Lévy (1948), Ptolemy of Mauretania (-9), Marlène Jobert (1940), Daniel Auteuil (1950), Abd al-Mu'min (1094), and Marcus Minucius Felix (110).

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Among POLITICIANS In Algeria

Among politicians born in Algeria, Syphax ranks 14. Before him are Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (1898), Houari Boumédiène (1932), Marcel Cerdan (1916), Abdelkader Bensalah (1941), Juba I of Numidia (-85), and Ferhat Abbas (1899). After him are Ptolemy of Mauretania (-9), Abd al-Mu'min (1094), Chadli Bendjedid (1929), Micipsa (-200), Mohamed Boudiaf (1919), and Liamine Zéroual (1941).

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