Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC)

Battle of Thermopylae 279 BCE - Greek battle against the Gauls at Thermopylae. Article “Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC)” in English Wikipedia has 28.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 12 references and 5 sections.

This article has the best quality in Spanish Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC)”, its content was written by 33 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 92 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 21 times in English Wikipedia and cited 70 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #125154 in January 2025
• Global: #36549 in February 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #365822 in May 2025
• Global: #363972 in January 2020

There are 9 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Spanish (es) Batalla de las Termópilas (279 a. C.)		64.2633
2	English (en) Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC)		28.6309
3	Russian (ru) Фермопильское сражение (279 до н. э.)		24.301
4	Persian (fa) نبرد ترموپیل (۲۷۹ پیش از میلاد)		23.4409
5	French (fr) Bataille des Thermopyles (279 av. J.-C.)		21.5725
6	Italian (it) Battaglia delle Termopili (279 a.C.)		13.9842
7	Bulgarian (bg) Битка при Термопилите (279 пр.н.е.)		6.9072
8	Dutch (nl) Slag bij Thermopylae (279 v.Chr.)		4.6078
9	Japanese (ja) テルモピュライの戦い (紀元前279年)		4.4949

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC)		173 240
2	Italian (it) Battaglia delle Termopili (279 a.C.)		26 745
3	Spanish (es) Batalla de las Termópilas (279 a. C.)		14 463
4	Russian (ru) Фермопильское сражение (279 до н. э.)		12 827
5	Japanese (ja) テルモピュライの戦い (紀元前279年)		7 929
6	Bulgarian (bg) Битка при Термопилите (279 пр.н.е.)		4 283
7	French (fr) Bataille des Thermopyles (279 av. J.-C.)		510
8	Persian (fa) نبرد ترموپیل (۲۷۹ پیش از میلاد)		429
9	Dutch (nl) Slag bij Thermopylae (279 v.Chr.)		256

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC)		1 220
2	Russian (ru) Фермопильское сражение (279 до н. э.)		182
3	Spanish (es) Batalla de las Termópilas (279 a. C.)		129
4	French (fr) Bataille des Thermopyles (279 av. J.-C.)		58
5	Italian (it) Battaglia delle Termopili (279 a.C.)		46
6	Japanese (ja) テルモピュライの戦い (紀元前279年)		38
7	Dutch (nl) Slag bij Thermopylae (279 v.Chr.)		12
8	Bulgarian (bg) Битка при Термопилите (279 пр.н.е.)		11
9	Persian (fa) نبرد ترموپیل (۲۷۹ پیش از میلاد)		8

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC)		33
2	Italian (it) Battaglia delle Termopili (279 a.C.)		22
3	Spanish (es) Batalla de las Termópilas (279 a. C.)		10
4	Bulgarian (bg) Битка при Термопилите (279 пр.н.е.)		7
5	French (fr) Bataille des Thermopyles (279 av. J.-C.)		6
6	Japanese (ja) テルモピュライの戦い (紀元前279年)		6
7	Russian (ru) Фермопильское сражение (279 до н. э.)		4
8	Persian (fa) نبرد ترموپیل (۲۷۹ پیش از میلاد)		3
9	Dutch (nl) Slag bij Thermopylae (279 v.Chr.)		1

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Bulgarian (bg) Битка при Термопилите (279 пр.н.е.)		1
2	English (en) Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC)		0
3	Spanish (es) Batalla de las Termópilas (279 a. C.)		0
4	Persian (fa) نبرد ترموپیل (۲۷۹ پیش از میلاد)		0
5	French (fr) Bataille des Thermopyles (279 av. J.-C.)		0
6	Italian (it) Battaglia delle Termopili (279 a.C.)		0
7	Japanese (ja) テルモピュライの戦い (紀元前279年)		0
8	Dutch (nl) Slag bij Thermopylae (279 v.Chr.)		0
9	Russian (ru) Фермопильское сражение (279 до н. э.)		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC)		21
2	Russian (ru) Фермопильское сражение (279 до н. э.)		16
3	Spanish (es) Batalla de las Termópilas (279 a. C.)		9
4	French (fr) Bataille des Thermopyles (279 av. J.-C.)		6
5	Italian (it) Battaglia delle Termopili (279 a.C.)		5
6	Bulgarian (bg) Битка при Термопилите (279 пр.н.е.)		4
7	Persian (fa) نبرد ترموپیل (۲۷۹ پیش از میلاد)		4
8	Japanese (ja) テルモピュライの戦い (紀元前279年)		3
9	Dutch (nl) Slag bij Thermopylae (279 v.Chr.)		2

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#	Language	Value
bg	Bulgarian Битка при Термопилите (279 пр.н.е.)
en	English Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC)
es	Spanish Batalla de las Termópilas (279 a. C.)
fa	Persian نبرد ترموپیل (۲۷۹ پیش از میلاد)
fr	French Bataille des Thermopyles (279 av. J.-C.)
it	Italian Battaglia delle Termopili (279 a.C.)
ja	Japanese テルモピュライの戦い (紀元前279年)
nl	Dutch Slag bij Thermopylae (279 v.Chr.)
ru	Russian Фермопильское сражение (279 до н. э.)

Best Rank

English: #365822 05.2025

Global: #363972 01.2020

Best Rank

English: #125154 01.2025

Global: #36549 02.2022

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