MILITARY PERSONNEL

Peithon

355 BC - 316 BC

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Peithon or Pithon (Greek: Πείθων or Πίθων, c. 355 – c. 314 BC) was the son of Crateuas, a nobleman from Eordaia in western Macedonia. He was famous for being one of the bodyguards of Alexander the Great, becoming the later satrap of Media, and claiming to be one of the diadochi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peithon is the 866th most popular military personnel (down from 713th in 2019), the 408th most popular biography from Greece (down from 358th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Greek Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Peithon ranks 866 out of 2,058. Before him are Marcellin Marbot, Heinrich von Plauen, Hans Loritz, Erhard Raus, Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg, and Joseph Boxhall. After him are Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, Radko Dimitriev, Alexey Kaledin, Joseph Dunford, Julius Jacob von Haynau, and Louis-Joseph de Montcalm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 355 BC, Peithon ranks 2. Before him is Perdiccas.  Among people deceased in 316 BC, Peithon ranks 5. Before him are Porus, Olympias, Eumenes, and Sun Bin. After him are Antigenes, Attalus, and Eudemus.

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    Perdiccas

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    355 BC - 321 BC

    HPI: 73.62

    Rank: 1

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    Peithon

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    355 BC - 316 BC

    HPI: 63.15

    Rank: 2

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Others Deceased in 316 BC

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    Porus

    POLITICIAN

    400 BC - 316 BC

    HPI: 79.63

    Rank: 1

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    Olympias

    COMPANION

    375 BC - 316 BC

    HPI: 76.86

    Rank: 2

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    Eumenes

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    362 BC - 316 BC

    HPI: 70.85

    Rank: 3

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    Sun Bin

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    401 BC - 316 BC

    HPI: 70.46

    Rank: 4

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    Peithon

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    355 BC - 316 BC

    HPI: 63.15

    Rank: 5

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    Antigenes

    POLITICIAN

    350 BC - 316 BC

    HPI: 59.75

    Rank: 6

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    Attalus

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    400 BC - 316 BC

    HPI: 58.83

    Rank: 7

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    Eudemus

    POLITICIAN

    400 BC - 316 BC

    HPI: 54.77

    Rank: 8

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Peithon ranks 408 out of 1,024. Before him are Theophylact of Ohrid (1055), Pelops of Sparta (-210), Ptolemy of Aloros (-450), Erinna (-400), Eucleidas (-201), and Agatharchus (-500). After him are Ion of Chios (-490), Christos Sartzetakis (1929), Nikolaos Andriakopoulos (1878), Polydorus of Sparta (-741), Onesicritus (-360), and Alexandros Zaimis (1855).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Greece

Among military personnels born in Greece, Peithon ranks 31. Before him are Conon (-401), Callimachus (-600), Iphicrates (-415), Cleombrotus (-600), Demosthenes (-412), and Markos Botsaris (1790). After him are Ian Hamilton (1853), Dimitrios Ioannidis (1923), Georgios Karaiskakis (1780), Lamachus (-500), Gylippus (-500), and Callicratidas (-500).

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