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Brennus

301 BC - 279 BC

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Brennus (or Brennos) (died 279 BC at Delphi, Ancient Greece) was one of the Gaulish leaders of the army of the Gallic invasion of the Balkans. While invading the Greek mainland he managed to momentarily reach as far south as Delphi in an attempt to loot the rich treasury of the sanctuary of Apollo. His army suffered a devastating defeat at Delphi; he was heavily injured during the battle and committed suicide there. His militarily inexperienced army was forced to a continuous retreat by the tactical attacks of the Greek city-states and was cut down to a remaining band that fled from Greece. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brennus is the 8,506th most popular politician (down from 6,403rd in 2019), the 434th most popular biography from Greece (down from 356th in 2019) and the 187th most popular Greek Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Brennus ranks 8,507 out of 19,576. Before him are Laura Mancini, Antanas Merkys, Haya bint Hussein, Joseph Kabila, Vladislav I of Wallachia, Bonosus, and Festus Mogae. After him are Trương Tấn Sang, Helü of Wu, Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Eduard Meyer, and Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 301 BC, Brennus ranks 5. Before him are Herostratus, Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon, Eurydice II of Macedon, and Sisygambis. After him are Magas of Cyrene, and Euphranor. Among people deceased in 279 BC, Brennus ranks 3. Before him are Ptolemy Keraunos, and Stilpo. After him are Meleager, Antipater Etesias, and Publius Decius Mus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Brennus ranks 434 out of 1,024. Before him are Manolis Glezos (1922), Callimachus (-500), Augustinos Kapodistrias (1778), Dexippus (210), Menedemus (-340), and Asclepiades of Samos (-320). After him are Constantine Kanaris (1793), Albert Cohen (1895), Constantine Phaulkon (1647), Antalcidas (-500), Agesilaus I (null), and Telesilla (-500).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Brennus ranks 187. Before him are Diagoras of Rhodes (-500), Faustus Cornelius Sulla (-88), Dinarchus (-361), Michail Stasinopoulos (1903), Manolis Glezos (1922), and Augustinos Kapodistrias (1778). After him are Constantine Kanaris (1793), Constantine Phaulkon (1647), Antalcidas (-500), Agesilaus I (null), Neferkara I (-2780), and Aristomenes (-700).

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