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Theopompus

400 BC - 320 BC

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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theopompus has received more than 108,736 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Theopompus is the 56th most popular historian (up from 60th in 2019), the 181st most popular biography from Greece (up from 189th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Greek Historian.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Theopompus ranks 56 out of 339. Before him are Callisthenes, John Skylitzes, Marcus Velleius Paterculus, Socrates of Constantinople, Adam of Bremen, and Euhemerus. After him are Justin, Johann Gustav Droysen, Libanius, Francesco Guicciardini, Joseph Justus Scaliger, and Quintus Curtius Rufus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Theopompus ranks 6. Before him are Bessus, Tollund Man, Parmenion, Porus, and Berossus. After him are Spitamenes, Atropates, Teos of Egypt, Nectanebo II, Agnodice, and Stateira I. Among people deceased in 320 BC, Theopompus ranks 1. After him are Anaxarchus, Anaximenes of Lampsacus, Zoilus, and Dinostratus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Theopompus ranks 181 out of 936. Before him are Cleomenes III (-260), Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907), Ephialtes (-590), Brasidas (-500), Speusippus (-407), and Admetus (null). After him are Archidamus II (-450), Calchas (null), Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (1911), Aenesidemus (-80), Exekias (-501), and Athenagoras of Athens (133).

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Among HISTORIANS In Greece

Among historians born in Greece, Theopompus ranks 5. Before him are Thucydides (-460), Xenophon (-430), Polybius (-208), and Callisthenes (-360). After him are Quintus Curtius Rufus (41), Afet İnan (1908), Krste Misirkov (1874), Philochorus (-340), Michael Glykas (1125), Leo Allatius (1586), and Marsyas of Pella (-400).

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