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Miltiades the Elder

600 BC - 600 BC

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Miltiades the Elder (ca. 590 – 525 BC) was an Athenian politician from the Philaid family. He is most famous for travelling to the Thracian Chersonese (now Gallipoli) where, at the behest of the local peoples, he ruled as a tyrant. During his reign, Miltiades' best-attested action was the construction of a defensive wall across the peninsula. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miltiades the Elder is the 9,096th most popular politician (down from 7,171st in 2019), the 467th most popular biography from Greece (down from 388th in 2019) and the 202nd most popular Greek Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Miltiades the Elder ranks 9,096 out of 19,576. Before him are Bernardo Arévalo, Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Ilghazi, Elisabeth of Lorraine, Hrólfr Kraki, and Vukan Nemanjić. After him are Geng Ding, Lucia, Countess of Tripoli, Johann Michael Bach, Hippocrates of Gela, Abdallah al-Adil, and Didier Burkhalter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Miltiades the Elder ranks 64. Before him are Eurybiades, Artystone, Eupalinos, Titus Lartius, Themistoclea, and Spurius Lartius. After him are Hippocrates of Gela, Achaemenes, Dorieus, Vulca, Cloelia, and Titus Aebutius Elva. Among people deceased in 600 BC, Miltiades the Elder ranks 24. Before him are Philip I of Macedon, Leon of Sparta, Eupalinos, and Hipponax. After him are Rhodopis, Phocylides, Alcetas I of Macedon, Aeropus I of Macedon, Kleitias, Isagoras, Aryenis, and Theagenes of Megara.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Miltiades the Elder ranks 467 out of 1,024. Before him are Posidippus (-310), Georgios Karaiskakis (1780), Kostas Karamanlis (1956), Victorinus of Pettau (250), Haris Alexiou (1950), and Eupolis (-446). After him are Meleager (-320), Dimitar Blagoev (1856), Manuel Kantakouzenos (1326), Isaeus (-420), Lamachus (-500), and Koçi Xoxe (1911).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Miltiades the Elder ranks 202. Before him are Damaskinos of Athens (1891), Pavlos Kountouriotis (1855), Turhan Pasha Përmeti (1846), Archelaus of Sparta (-790), Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece (1967), and Kostas Karamanlis (1956). After him are Meleager (-320), Dimitar Blagoev (1856), Manuel Kantakouzenos (1326), Koçi Xoxe (1911), Battus I of Cyrene (-580), and Archidamus IV (-400).

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