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Cleon

450 BC - 422 BC

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Cleon (; Ancient Greek: Κλέων Kleon [kléɔːn]; died 422 BCE) was an Athenian politician and general (strategos) during the Peloponnesian War. The son of Cleaenetus, a wealthy tanner, Cleon was among the first prominent Athenian politicians of the 5th century BCE to obtain power from outside the established elite. As a political leader, Cleon aligned himself with the poor citizens and emerging commercial class of Athens, while also advocating for an aggressive military strategy against Sparta and its allies. He rose to prominence after the death of Pericles and was subsequently one of the most influential figures in Athenian politics, playing a central role in the Battle of Sphacteria, the Mytilenean Debate, and the failed Athenian campaign to retake Amphipolis in 422 BCE, where he was killed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cleon is the 33rd most popular extremist, the 161st most popular biography from Greece and the most popular Greek Extremist.

Cleon was most famous for being a major proponent of the Peloponnesian War.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Cleon ranks 33 out of 283. Before him are Ed Gein, Albert Fish, Carlos the Jackal, Machine Gun Kelly, Ulrike Meinhof, and Frank Sheeran. After him are Charles Ponzi, Anders Behring Breivik, John Hinckley Jr., H. H. Holmes, Robert-François Damiens, and Luis Carrero Blanco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 450 BC, Cleon ranks 5. Before him are Alcibiades, Polykleitos, Malachi, and Diotima of Mantinea. After him are Amyntas III of Macedon, Nectanebo I, Amyrtaeus, Archidamus II, Pelopidas, Theramenes, and Diagoras of Melos. Among people deceased in 422 BC, Cleon ranks 1. After him are Brasidas, Cratinus, and Ion of Chios.

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    Cleon

    EXTREMIST

    450 BC - 422 BC

    HPI: 71.34

    Rank: 1

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    Brasidas

    POLITICIAN

    500 BC - 422 BC

    HPI: 69.63

    Rank: 2

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    Cratinus

    WRITER

    500 BC - 422 BC

    HPI: 65.36

    Rank: 3

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    Ion of Chios

    WRITER

    490 BC - 422 BC

    HPI: 63.12

    Rank: 4

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Cleon ranks 161 out of 1,024. Before him are Georgios Papadopoulos (1919), Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776), Ephialtes of Trachis (-550), Philip V of Macedon (-238), Panaetius (-185), and Pausanias (null). After him are Lysander (-401), Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), Sophia Palaiologina (1455), Gülnuş Sultan (1642), Hellanicus of Lesbos (-490), and Spyridon Louis (1873).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Greece

Among extremists born in Greece, Cleon ranks 1. After him are Alexandros Koryzis (1885).

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