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Aëtius of Amida

502 - 575

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Aëtius of Amida (; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἀέτιος Ἀμιδηνός; Latin: Aëtius Amidenus; fl. mid-5th century to mid-6th century) was a Byzantine Greek physician and medical writer, particularly distinguished by the extent of his erudition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aëtius of Amida has received more than 74,990 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Aëtius of Amida is the 302nd most popular physician (down from 254th in 2019), the 580th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 581st in 2019) and the 12th most popular Physician.

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  • 1.89

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Aëtius of Amida ranks 302 out of 726Before her are Leopold Auenbrugger, Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari, Kálmán Kalocsay, Michel-Gabriel Paccard, Horace Wells, and Jan Jesenius. After her are Hakaru Hashimoto, Titus Brandsma, William Osler, Thomas Sydenham, Adolf Kussmaul, and Eduard Wirths.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 502, Aëtius of Amida ranks 2Before her is Amalaric.  Among people deceased in 575, Aëtius of Amida ranks 2Before her is Sigebert I. After her is Talorc II.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Aëtius of Amida ranks 580 out of 1,347Before her are Ariadne (null), Modestus of Jerusalem (537), Burak Özçivit (1984), Ali Kemal (1867), Alexios II of Trebizond (1282), and Kadi Burhan al-Din (1345). After her are Maria of Trebizond (1405), Matthew of Edessa (1100), Antimachus (-400), Thaddeus of Edessa (100), Akgün Kaçmaz (1935), and Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha (1644).

Among PHYSICIANS In Türkiye

Among physicians born in Türkiye, Aëtius of Amida ranks 12Before her are Herophilos (-335), Ctesias (-440), Aretaeus of Cappadocia (100), Asclepiades of Bithynia (-120), Soranus of Ephesus (98), and Caesarius of Nazianzus (330). After her are Rufus of Ephesus (100), Hulusi Behçet (1889), Gazi Yaşargil (1925), Serenus Sammonicus (200), Georgi Valkovich (1833), and Türkan Saylan (1935).