POLITICIAN

Viriathus

180 BC - 139 BC

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Viriathus (also spelled Viriatus; known as Viriato in Portuguese and Spanish; died 139 BC) was the most important leader of the Lusitanian people that resisted Roman expansion into the regions of western Hispania (as the Romans called it) or western Iberia (as the Greeks called it), where the Roman province of Lusitania would be finally established after the conquest. Viriathus developed alliances with other Celtic groups, even far away from his usual theatres of war, inducing them to rebel against Rome. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viriathus has received more than 439,956 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Viriathus is the 2,300th most popular politician (down from 1,934th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 45th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Portuguese Politician.

Viriatus was a Celtiberian chieftain who led a rebellion against the Romans in Hispania (modern-day Spain and Portugal) in the early 2nd century BC.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Viriathus ranks 2,300 out of 19,576. Before him are Athalaric, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, Antigonus II Gonatas, Pak Hon-yong, Childebert II, and Raisa Gorbacheva. After him are Theuderic III, Aspar, Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Gordon Brown, and Albert III, Duke of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 180 BC, Viriathus ranks 2. Before him is Apollodorus of Athens. After him are Gaius Lucilius, Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus, Publius Mucius Scaevola, Lucius Coelius Antipater, Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Porcina. Among people deceased in 139 BC, Viriathus ranks 1. 

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    Viriathus

    POLITICIAN

    180 BC - 139 BC

    HPI: 64.76

    Rank: 1

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Viriathus ranks 60 out of 633. Before him are Peter II of Portugal (1648), Pedro V of Portugal (1837), Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (1434), Ferdinand I of Portugal (1345), José Manuel Barroso (1956), and Aníbal Cavaco Silva (1939). After him are Miguel I of Portugal (1802), Carmen Miranda (1909), Diogo Dias (1450), Jorge Jesus (1954), Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile (1428), and Manoel de Oliveira (1908).

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Among POLITICIANS In Portugal

Among politicians born in Portugal, Viriathus ranks 38. Before him are Peter II of Portugal (1648), Pedro V of Portugal (1837), Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (1434), Ferdinand I of Portugal (1345), José Manuel Barroso (1956), and Aníbal Cavaco Silva (1939). After him are Jorge Sampaio (1939), Catherine of Braganza (1638), Barbara of Portugal (1711), Francisco de Almeida (1450), Sancho II of Portugal (1209), and Marcelo Caetano (1906).

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