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Aelia Eudocia

401 - 460

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Aelia Eudocia Augusta (; Greek: Αιλία Ευδοκία Αυγούστα; c. 401 – 460 AD), also called Saint Eudocia, was an Eastern Roman empress by marriage to Emperor Theodosius II (r. 408–450), and a prominent Greek historical figure in understanding the rise of Christianity during the beginning of the Byzantine Empire. Eudocia lived in a world where Greek paganism and Christianity existed side by side. Although Eudocia's work (including the Homeric centos and an epic poem on the martyrdom of St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aelia Eudocia has received more than 256,861 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Aelia Eudocia is the 768th most popular writer (down from 740th in 2019), the 183rd most popular biography from Greece (up from 188th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Greek Writer.

Aelia Eudocia was the wife of Emperor Theodosius II. She is most famous for being the mother of Emperor Valentinian III.

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  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aelia Eudocia ranks 768 out of 7,302. Before her are Robert Ludlum, Natalia Ginzburg, Thomas Harris, Gregory Skovoroda, Katherine Mansfield, and Neal Cassady. After her are Masaru Emoto, Gregory of Narek, Antoine Galland, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Arrigo Boito, and William McMaster Murdoch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 401, Aelia Eudocia ranks 3. Before her are Theodosius II, and Leo I the Thracian. After her are Buddhaghosa, Emperor Ankō, Stobaeus, Barsanuphius, Mamertus, Hermias, Hilary of Arles, Solomon, and Palladius. Among people deceased in 460, Aelia Eudocia ranks 1. After her are Ardaric, and Cunedda.

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    Aelia Eudocia

    WRITER

    401 - 460

    HPI: 63.59

    Rank: 1

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    Ardaric

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    500 - 460

    HPI: 56.43

    Rank: 2

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    Cunedda

    POLITICIAN

    386 - 460

    HPI: 43.86

    Rank: 3

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Aelia Eudocia ranks 183 out of 1,024. Before her are Cleomenes I (-600), Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907), Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (1911), Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886), Helen of Greece and Denmark (1896), and Admetus (null). After her are Theophano (941), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Thrasybulus (-440), Karolos Papoulias (1929), Herodes Atticus (101), and Leochares (-400).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Aelia Eudocia ranks 21. Before her are Phaedrus (-20), Lysias (-445), Tyrtaeus (-700), Periander (-700), Agathias (536), and Longus (110). After her are Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Odysseas Elytis (1911), Bacchylides (-490), Philostratus (170), Lafcadio Hearn (1850), and Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217).

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