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Sitalces

499 BC - 424 BC

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Sitalces (Sitalkes) (; Ancient Greek: Σιτάλκης; reigned 431–424 BC) was one of the kings of the Thracian Odrysian state. The Suda called him Sitalcus (Σίταλκος). He was the son of Teres I, and on the sudden death of his father in 431 BC succeeded to the throne. Sitalces enlarged his kingdom by successful wars, and it soon comprised the whole territory from Abdera in the south to the mouths of the Danube in the north, and from the Black Sea in the east to the sources of the Struma in the west. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Sitalces is the 10,099th most popular politician (down from 9,599th in 2024). (down from 1,997th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Sitalces ranks 10,100 out of 19,576. Before him are Raoni Metuktire, Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, Rauf Orbay, Jules Favre, Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat, Mahamane Ousmane, and Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. After him are Quintus Caecilius Metellus, Nicolás de Ovando, Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab, Sunifred, Count of Barcelona, and Károly Khuen-Héderváry.

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Among people born in 499 BC, Sitalces ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 424 BC, Sitalces ranks 3. Before him are Artaxerxes I of Persia, and Xerxes II of Persia.

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    Sitalces

    POLITICIAN

    499 BC - 424 BC

    HPI: 61.18

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