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Pleistoanax

500 BC - 408 BC

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Pleistoanax, also spelled Plistoanax, (Ancient Greek: Πλειστοάναξ) was Agiad king of Sparta from 458 to 409 BC. He was the leader of the peace party in Sparta at a time of violent confrontations against Athens for the hegemony over Greece. The son of Pausanias, Pleistoanax was still a minor in 458 BC, so his uncle Nicomedes acted as regent. His first recorded action was the invasion of Athens in 446 BC as part of the First Peloponnesian War (460–445 BC), but he chose instead to negotiate with Pericles a settlement that became the Thirty Years' Peace. However, Pleistoanax was sued in Sparta for his failure to take Athens and went into exile in Arcadia to avoid punishment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pleistoanax is the 6,811th most popular politician (down from 6,159th in 2019), the 363rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 350th in 2019) and the 153rd most popular Greek Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pleistoanax ranks 6,811 out of 19,576. Before him are William Wirt, Miklós Németh, Al-Musta'in, Ram Khamhaeng, Arnulf III, Count of Flanders, and Tomás Estrada Palma. After him are Mobon of Goguryeo, Alexander II Zabinas, Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg, Gregor Gysi, Simko Shikak, and Stephen VIII Báthory.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Pleistoanax ranks 40. Before him are Marcus Manlius Capitolinus, Cratinus, Psammuthes, Anytus, Perictione, and Cebes. After him are Inaros II, Hippo, Agatharchus, Calamis, Diagoras of Rhodes, and Cephisodotus the Elder. Among people deceased in 408 BC, Pleistoanax ranks 2. Before him is Hippodamus of Miletus. After him is Hermocrates.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Pleistoanax ranks 363 out of 1,024. Before him are Aspasia Manos (1896), Lycophron (-320), Glaucus of Corinth (null), Cebes (-500), Alexis Tsipras (1974), and Aeschines of Sphettus (-430). After him are Antenor (-590), Ange Postecoglou (1965), Jannis Kounellis (1936), Anastasios of Albania (1929), Ahmed Izzet Pasha (1864), and Aristo of Chios (-300).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Pleistoanax ranks 153. Before him are Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark (1876), Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus (-200), Ali Rıza Efendi (1839), Perictione (-500), Glaucus of Corinth (null), and Alexis Tsipras (1974). After him are Ahmed Izzet Pasha (1864), Tiberius Claudius Narcissus (50), Aratus of Sicyon (-271), Eurydice of Egypt (-400), Antonis Samaras (1951), and Manuel Doukas (1187).

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