# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/battus-i-of-cyrene
# Generated: 2026-08-16T10:26:27.383Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/battus-i-of-cyrene"
name: "Battus I of Cyrene"
slug: "battus-i-of-cyrene"
description: "Battus I of Cyrene, also known as Battius the Lacedaemonian and Battus Aristotle and Aristaeus (Ἀρισταῖος) was the founder (Oikistes) of the Ancient Greek colony of Cyrene. He was its first king, the first Greek king in Africa and the founder of the Battiad dynasty. The butterfly Battus philenor is named after him."
tagline: "First Greek king of Cyrenaica (died 600 BC)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Royaume_de_Tripoli_1707.jpg/330px-Royaume_de_Tripoli_1707.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "-600"
deathDate: "-600"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.30075866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "巴图斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battos_I_van_Cirene"
    title: "Battos I van Cirene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%A9"
    title: "باتوس الأول ملك قورينائية"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82_I"
    title: "Бат I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batos_I"
    title: "Batos I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battos_I."
    title: "Battos I."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9A%CF%85%CF%81%CE%AE%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82"
    title: "Βάττος Α΄ της Κυρήνης"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battus_I_of_Cyrene"
    title: "Battus I of Cyrene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bato_I_de_Cirene"
    title: "Bato I de Cirene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battos_Ier"
    title: "Battos Ier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battos"
    title: "Battos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batto_I_di_Cirene"
    title: "Batto I di Cirene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battos_I_van_Cyrene"
    title: "Battos I van Cyrene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battos_I_av_Kyrene"
    title: "Battos I av Kyrene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battos_I"
    title: "Battos I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bato_I"
    title: "Bato I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82_I"
    title: "Батт I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_I_od_Kirene"
    title: "Bat I od Kirene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battos_I."
    title: "Battos I."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88_1"
    title: "บัตทุสที่ 1"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Батт I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q409834"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump