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Atropates

400 BC - 360 BC

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Atropates (Old Persian: *Ātr̥pātah and Middle Persian Ātūrpāt; Ancient Greek: Ἀτροπάτης Atropátēs; c. 370 BC – after 321 BC) was a Persian nobleman who served Darius III, then Alexander the Great, and eventually founded an independent kingdom and dynasty that was named after him. Diodorus (18.4) refers to him as Atrápēs (Ἀτράπης), while Quintus Curtius (8.3.17) erroneously names him 'Arsaces'. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Atropates is the 3,179th most popular politician (down from 2,593rd in 2019). (down from 300th in 2019)

Atropates is most famous for being a poison that was used to kill Alexander the Great.

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Among politicians, Atropates ranks 3,179 out of 19,576Before him are Hormizd I, Qalawun, Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria, Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Hedvig Sophia of Sweden, and César Gaviria. After him are Paul Kagame, Aelia Eudoxia, Edward Stettinius Jr., Stefan Dečanski, Duqaq, and Boris Tadić.

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Among people born in 400 BC, Atropates ranks 10Before him are Parmenion, Stateira I, Thaïs, Berossus, Nectanebo II, and Theopompus. After him are Ephorus, Leochares, Spitamenes, Agnodice, Teos of Egypt, and Antipater II of Macedon. Among people deceased in 360 BC, Atropates ranks 3Before him are Democritus, and Agesilaus II. After him are Agnodice, Artabazos II, Lais of Corinth, Dinocrates, Aeschines of Sphettus, Campaspe, Polykleitos the Younger, Silanion, and Palaephatus.

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