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Oenomaus

105 BC - 70 BC

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Oenomaus was a Gallic gladiator, who escaped from the gladiatorial school of Lentulus Batiatus in Capua. Together with Spartacus, Crixus, Castus, and Gannicus, he became one of the leaders of rebellious slaves during the Third Servile War (73–71 BC) Oenomaus was involved in one of the first major successes of the slave army, the rout of the army of the praetor Gaius Claudius Glaber, who had tried to lay siege to the slave army near Mount Vesuvius. Oenomaus fell in an early battle, possibly during the winter of 73–72 BC when the slave armies were plundering cities and towns in the south of Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oenomaus is the 523rd most popular military personnel (up from 558th in 2019), the 1,447th most popular biography from France (up from 1,528th in 2019) and the 58th most popular French Military Personnel.

Oenomaus was a king of the city of Pisa in the Peloponnese. He is most famous for his victory over the Spartan king, Leonidas, in the battle of Thermopylae.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Oenomaus ranks 523 out of 2,058. Before him are Peroz III, Adolf Strauss, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, He Jin, Gao Shun, and Theodor Busse. After him are Giorgio Basta, Otto Kumm, Reginald Dyer, Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji, Franz Böhme, and Fyodor Ushakov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 105 BC, Oenomaus ranks 1. After him are Marcus Atius, Lucius Licinius Murena, and Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus. Among people deceased in 70 BC, Oenomaus ranks 2. Before him is Sinatruces of Parthia. After him are Mithridates I Callinicus, and Appius Claudius Pulcher.

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In France

Among people born in France, Oenomaus ranks 1,447 out of 6,770. Before him are Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811), Medardus (470), Louis-Michel van Loo (1707), Marguerite Perey (1909), Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552), and Bernard Hinault (1954). After him are Jean-Claude Pascal (1927), Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure (1767), François Pinault (1936), Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (1311), Guillaume de Nogaret (1260), and Anne Parillaud (1960).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Oenomaus ranks 58. Before him are François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg (1628), Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (1393), Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (1847), Lazare Hoche (1768), Charles Leclerc (1772), and Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier (1742). After him are Aegidius (450), Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1476), Georges Picquart (1854), Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon (1754), Henri Gatien Bertrand (1773), and Christian de Castries (1902).

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