460 BC - 397 BC
Thucydides (, thew-SID-ih-deez; Ancient Greek: Θουκυδίδης, romanized: Thoukudídēs [tʰuːkydǐdɛːs]; c. 460 – c. 400 BC) was an Athenian historian and general. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" by those who accept his claims to have applied strict standards of impartiality and evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect, without reference to intervention by the gods, as outlined in his introduction to his work.He also has been called the father of the school of political realism, which views the political behavior of individuals and the subsequent outcomes of relations between states as ultimately mediated by, and constructed upon, fear and self-interest. His text is still studied at universities and military colleges worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thucydides has received more than 3,281,493 page views. His biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 86 in 2019). Thucydides is the 3rd most popular historian, the 24th most popular biography from Greece (down from 21st in 2019) and the most popular Greek Historian.
Thucydides is most famous for writing a history of the Peloponnesian War.
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Among historians, Thucydides ranks 3 out of 339. Before him are Herodotus and Ibn Khaldun. After him are Xenophon, Tacitus, Livy, Sima Qian, Josephus, Polybius, Suetonius, Alexis de Tocqueville, and Diodorus Siculus.
484 BC - 425 BC
HPI: 89.51
Rank: 1
1332 - 1406
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 2
460 BC - 397 BC
HPI: 80.13
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430 BC - 354 BC
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 4
54 - 120
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 5
59 BC - 17
HPI: 78.27
Rank: 6
145 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 7
37 - 100
HPI: 77.56
Rank: 8
208 BC - 126 BC
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 9
70 - 126
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 10
1805 - 1859
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 11
90 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 12
Among people born in 460 BC, Thucydides ranks 3. Before him are Hippocrates and Democritus. After him are Diogenes of Apollonia, Critias, Prodicus, and Verginia. Among people deceased in 397 BC, Thucydides ranks 1.
460 BC - 370 BC
HPI: 88.05
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460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 84.79
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460 BC - 397 BC
HPI: 80.13
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460 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 67.96
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460 BC - 403 BC
HPI: 67.75
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460 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 6
460 BC - 449 BC
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 7
Among people born in Greece, Thucydides ranks 24 out of 936. Before him are Euripides (-480), Protagoras (-486), Philip II of Macedon (-382), Sappho (-630), Plutarch (46), and El Greco (1541). After him are Phidias (-490), Bayezid II (1447), Nurbanu Sultan (1525), Xenophon (-430), Demosthenes (-384), and Themistocles (-524).
480 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 81.14
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486 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 80.89
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382 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 80.74
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630 BC - 570 BC
HPI: 80.67
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46 - 127
HPI: 80.42
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1541 - 1614
HPI: 80.36
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460 BC - 397 BC
HPI: 80.13
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490 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 79.84
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1447 - 1512
HPI: 79.74
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1525 - 1583
HPI: 79.47
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430 BC - 354 BC
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 28
384 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 29
524 BC - 459 BC
HPI: 78.39
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Among historians born in Greece, Thucydides ranks 1. After him are Xenophon (-430), Polybius (-208), Callisthenes (-360), Theopompus (-400), Quintus Curtius Rufus (41), Afet İnan (1908), Krste Misirkov (1874), Philochorus (-340), Michael Glykas (1125), Leo Allatius (1586), and Marsyas of Pella (-400).
460 BC - 397 BC
HPI: 80.13
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430 BC - 354 BC
HPI: 78.85
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208 BC - 126 BC
HPI: 75.67
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360 BC - 327 BC
HPI: 64.65
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400 BC - 320 BC
HPI: 63.52
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41 - 53
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 6
1908 - 1985
HPI: 54.55
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1874 - 1926
HPI: 52.38
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340 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 9
1125 - 1204
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 10
1586 - 1669
HPI: 49.64
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400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 12