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Theopompus

400 BC - 320 BC

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Theopompus (Ancient Greek: Θεόπομπος, Theópompos; c. 380 BC – c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theopompus has received more than 116,778 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Theopompus is the 65th most popular historian (down from 56th in 2019), the 191st most popular biography from Greece (down from 181st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Greek Historian.

Theopompus was most famous for his writings on the history of Philip II of Macedon.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Theopompus ranks 65 out of 561. Before him are John Skylitzes, Francesco Guicciardini, Libanius, Theophylact Simocatta, Poggio Bracciolini, and Al-Baladhuri. After him are Heinrich Wölfflin, Gaston Maspero, Benzion Netanyahu, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Bernard Lewis, and Al-Dhahabi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Theopompus ranks 12. Before him are Thaïs, Porus, Atropates, Teos of Egypt, Berossus, and Leochares. After him are Spitamenes, Drypetis, Ephorus, Mithridates I of Pontus, Stateira I, and Agnodice. Among people deceased in 320 BC, Theopompus ranks 1. After him are Anaxarchus, Zoilus, Anaximenes of Lampsacus, and Dinostratus.

Others Born in 400 BC

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  • Photo of Thaïs

    Thaïs

    POLITICIAN

    400 BC - 400 BC

    HPI: 64.39

    Rank: 6

  • Photo of Porus

    Porus

    POLITICIAN

    400 BC - 316 BC

    HPI: 64.24

    Rank: 7

  • Photo of Atropates

    Atropates

    POLITICIAN

    400 BC - 360 BC

    HPI: 63.98

    Rank: 8

  • Photo of Teos of Egypt

    Teos of Egypt

    POLITICIAN

    400 BC - 400 BC

    HPI: 63.83

    Rank: 9

  • Photo of Berossus

    Berossus

    WRITER

    400 BC - 300 BC

    HPI: 63.78

    Rank: 10

  • Photo of Leochares

    Leochares

    SCULPTOR

    400 BC - 400 BC

    HPI: 63.46

    Rank: 11

  • Photo of Theopompus

    Theopompus

    HISTORIAN

    400 BC - 320 BC

    HPI: 63.42

    Rank: 12

  • Photo of Spitamenes

    Spitamenes

    POLITICIAN

    400 BC - 328 BC

    HPI: 62.83

    Rank: 13

  • Photo of Drypetis

    Drypetis

    POLITICIAN

    400 BC - 323 BC

    HPI: 62.35

    Rank: 14

  • Photo of Ephorus

    Ephorus

    HISTORIAN

    400 BC - 330 BC

    HPI: 62.11

    Rank: 15

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    Mithridates I of Pontus

    POLITICIAN

    400 BC - 266 BC

    HPI: 61.43

    Rank: 16

  • Photo of Stateira I

    Stateira I

    COMPANION

    400 BC - 331 BC

    HPI: 61.32

    Rank: 17

  • Photo of Agnodice

    Agnodice

    PHYSICIAN

    400 BC - 360 BC

    HPI: 61.06

    Rank: 18

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Others Deceased in 320 BC

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Theopompus ranks 191 out of 1,024. Before him are Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Thrasybulus (-440), Karolos Papoulias (1929), Herodes Atticus (101), Leochares (-400), and Nearchus (-356). After him are Aenesidemus (-80), Hipparchia of Maroneia (-350), Odysseas Elytis (1911), Erasistratus (-303), Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (1914), and Exekias (-501).

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Among HISTORIANS In Greece

Among historians born in Greece, Theopompus ranks 6. Before him are Thucydides (-460), Xenophon (-430), Polybius (-208), Quintus Curtius Rufus (41), and Callisthenes (-360). After him are Afet İnan (1908), Michael Glykas (1125), Philochorus (-340), Krste Misirkov (1874), Marsyas of Pella (-400), and Helene Ahrweiler (1926).

Greek born Historians

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