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Hermocrates

500 BC - 408 BC

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Hermocrates (; Ancient Greek: Ἑρμοκράτης, romanized: Hermokrátēs, c. 5th century – 407 BC) was an ancient Syracusan general from Greek Sicily during the Athenians' Sicilian Expedition in the midst of the Peloponnesian War. He is also remembered as a character in the Timaeus and Critias dialogues of Plato. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermocrates is the 909th most popular military personnel (down from 689th in 2019), the 2,130th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,691st in 2019) and the 37th most popular Italian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hermocrates ranks 909 out of 2,058Before him are Gaius Laelius, Dominique Vandamme, Kosta Pećanac, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Erich Rudorffer, and Sakanoue no Tamuramaro. After him are Adolphe Marbot, Frank Jack Fletcher, Walther von Lüttwitz, Prince Franz of Bavaria, Karl Fritzsch, and Ludwig Crüwell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Hermocrates ranks 48Before him are Hippo, Agatharchus, Calamis, Diagoras of Rhodes, Cephisodotus the Elder, and Callimachus. After him are Antalcidas, Telesilla, Agoracritus, Corax of Syracuse, Lamachus, and Theagenes of Thasos. Among people deceased in 408 BC, Hermocrates ranks 3Before him are Hippodamus of Miletus, and Pleistoanax.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Hermocrates ranks 2,130 out of 5,161Before him are Gaius Terentius Varro (-300), Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (1964), Pietro I Orseolo (928), Sabinus Julianus (300), Cangrande I della Scala (1291), and Gian Giacomo Trivulzio (1440). After him are Moana Pozzi (1961), Tommaso Traetta (1727), Titus Lartius (-600), Caecilius Statius (-230), Bramantino (1465), and Paolo Sarpi (1552).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Italy

Among military personnels born in Italy, Hermocrates ranks 37Before him are Carmine Crocco (1830), Giovanni Andrea Doria (1539), Ottavio Piccolomini (1599), Gaius Suetonius Paulinus (10), Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este (1781), and Marco Antonio Bragadin (1523). After him are Mario Roatta (1887), Federico Gravina (1756), Alfredo Guzzoni (1877), Oreste Baratieri (1841), Viktor Dankl von Krasnik (1854), and Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington (1915).