Battle of Thermopylae

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Battle of Thermopylae - battle of 480 BCE during Persian invasion of Greece. This event is the 84^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of events and the 185^th most popular event in Simple English Wikipedia. Article “Battle of Thermopylae” in Simple English Wikipedia has 43.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 14 references and 6 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Achievements in all the time:

Simple English Wikipedia:

The 185^th most popular in events in Simple English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 3025^th most popular in all topics.

The 2437^th most popular in AI.

The 84^th most popular in events.

Achievements in the last month:

Simple English Wikipedia:

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The 4922^nd most popular in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.

Global Wikipedia:

The 5805^th most popular in all topics in the last month.

Since the creation of article “Battle of Thermopylae”, its content was written by 25 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 4794 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (2437^th place).

Battle of Thermopylae is on the 185^th place in local ranking of events in Simple English Wikipedia and on the 84^th place in global ranking of events in all the time.

The article is cited 46 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3202 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #212 in April 2014
• Global: #35 in March 2007

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #3507 in May 2024
• Global: #403 in March 2014

There are 51 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, 2026 (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	English (en) Battle of Thermopylae		100
2	Spanish (es) Batalla de las Termópilas		100
3	French (fr) Bataille des Thermopyles		100
4	Turkish (tr) Thermopylae Muharebesi		100
5	Croatian (hr) Bitka kod Termopila		100
6	Catalan (ca) Batalla de les Termòpiles (480 aC)		100
7	Greek (el) Μάχη των Θερμοπυλών		96.5736
8	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Termopilska bitka		95.0573
9	Slovak (sk) Bitka pri Termopylách		92.8571
10	Italian (it) Battaglia delle Termopili		92.4653

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Battle of Thermopylae		24 271 034
2	Spanish (es) Batalla de las Termópilas		5 690 861
3	Russian (ru) Фермопильское сражение		3 699 006
4	Italian (it) Battaglia delle Termopili		3 000 056
5	German (de) Schlacht bei den Thermopylen (Perserkriege)		2 745 995
6	Polish (pl) Bitwa pod Termopilami		2 631 005
7	French (fr) Bataille des Thermopyles		2 256 092
8	Japanese (ja) テルモピュライの戦い		1 923 789
9	Portuguese (pt) Batalha das Termópilas		1 374 874
10	Greek (el) Μάχη των Θερμοπυλών		1 244 741

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Battle of Thermopylae		61 058
2	Italian (it) Battaglia delle Termopili		12 957
3	Russian (ru) Фермопильское сражение		10 636
4	Spanish (es) Batalla de las Termópilas		9 025
5	Japanese (ja) テルモピュライの戦い		8 326
6	French (fr) Bataille des Thermopyles		6 968
7	German (de) Schlacht bei den Thermopylen (Perserkriege)		6 843
8	Persian (fa) نبرد ترموپیل		3 192
9	Finnish (fi) Thermopylain taistelu		2 945
10	Polish (pl) Bitwa pod Termopilami		2 602

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Battle of Thermopylae		1 697
2	German (de) Schlacht bei den Thermopylen (Perserkriege)		270
3	Spanish (es) Batalla de las Termópilas		270
4	French (fr) Bataille des Thermopyles		269
5	Italian (it) Battaglia delle Termopili		252
6	Russian (ru) Фермопильское сражение		169
7	Polish (pl) Bitwa pod Termopilami		154
8	Dutch (nl) Slag bij Thermopylae (480 v.Chr.)		129
9	Hebrew (he) קרב תרמופילאי		98
10	Hungarian (hu) Thermopülai csata (i. e. 480)		91

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Schlacht bei den Thermopylen (Perserkriege)		2
2	Turkish (tr) Thermopylae Muharebesi		2
3	Bulgarian (bg) Битка при Термопилите		1
4	Catalan (ca) Batalla de les Termòpiles (480 aC)		1
5	Greek (el) Μάχη των Θερμοπυλών		1
6	Spanish (es) Batalla de las Termópilas		1
7	French (fr) Bataille des Thermopyles		1
8	Croatian (hr) Bitka kod Termopila		1
9	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Termopilska bitka		1
10	Arabic (ar) معركة ترموبيل		0

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

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