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Miltiades

540 BC - 488 BC

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Miltiades (; Ancient Greek: Μιλτιάδης Κίμωνος; c. 550 – 489 BC), also known as Miltiades the Younger, was a Greek Athenian statesman known mostly for his role in the Battle of Marathon, as well as for his downfall afterwards. He was the son of Cimon Coalemos, a renowned Olympic chariot-racer, and the father of Cimon, the noted Athenian statesman. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miltiades is the 36th most popular military personnel (up from 60th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Greece (up from 56th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Greek Military Personnel.

Miltiades was a general in the Persian Wars. He is most famous for leading the Greeks to victory at the Battle of Marathon.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Miltiades ranks 36 out of 2,058. Before him are Erich von Manstein, Cesare Borgia, Jan Žižka, Wilhelm Keitel, Heinz Guderian, and Friedrich Paulus. After him are Vercingetorix, Ratko Mladić, Arminius, Pyrrhus of Epirus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, and Tariq ibn Ziyad.

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Among people born in 540 BC, Miltiades ranks 2. Before him is Leonidas I. After him are Leotychidas, Amyntas I of Macedon, Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis, and Spurius Cassius Viscellinus. Among people deceased in 488 BC, Miltiades ranks 1. 

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    Miltiades

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    540 BC - 488 BC

    HPI: 80.08

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Miltiades ranks 44 out of 1,024. Before him are Cleisthenes (-565), Lycurgus of Sparta (-800), Leonidas I (-540), Peisistratos (-600), Theophrastus (-371), and Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493). After him are Aristarchus of Samos (-311), Pope Sixtus II (215), Alcibiades (-450), Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318), Pindar (-517), and Queen Sofía of Spain (1938).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Greece

Among military personnels born in Greece, Miltiades ranks 5. Before him are Alexander the Great (-356), Spartacus (-109), Themistocles (-524), and Ptolemy I Soter (-367). After him are Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318), Seleucus I Nicator (-358), Mardonius (-600), Hephaestion (-356), Cimon (-510), Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), and Desmond Doss (1919).

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