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Aelius Donatus

320 - 380

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Aelius Donatus (English: ; fl. mid-fourth century AD) was a Roman grammarian and teacher of rhetoric. He once taught Jerome, an early Christian Church father who is most known for his translation of the Bible into Latin, known as the Latin Vulgate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aelius Donatus has received more than 143,941 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Aelius Donatus is the 749th most popular writer (up from 817th in 2019).

Aelius Donatus was a Roman grammarian and teacher who was famous for his Latin grammar.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Commentum Terenti
Comedy, Criticism and interpretation, Early works to 1800
1473
The Ars minor of Donatus
Early works to 1500, Early works to 1800, Grammar
1926
Quod fertur commentum Terenti
1902
[Ars minor]
Early works to 1800, Grammar, Latin language
1483
Commentarius in Terenti
Commentaries
1902
Ars grammatica
Early works to 1500, Grammar, Latin language
1899

Page views of Aelius Donatuses by language

Over the past year Aelius Donatus has had the most page views in the with 18,226 views, followed by German (6,277), and Italian (5,291). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Icelandic (80.90%), Swedish (70.09%), and Norwegian (Nynorsk) (66.67%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aelius Donatus ranks 749 out of 7,302. Before him are Edmond de Goncourt, Theognis of Megara, A. J. Cronin, Felix Salten, Sven Hassel, and Taha Hussein. After him are Christa Wolf, Clemens Brentano, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Ulrich von Hutten, and Antonio Machado.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 320, Aelius Donatus ranks 4. Before him are Constans, Onuphrius, and Aurelius Victor. After him are Eutropius, Emperor Jianwen of Jin, Firmus, Pishoy, and Flavian I of Antioch. Among people deceased in 380, Aelius Donatus ranks 2. Before him is Samudragupta. After him are Fritigern, Festus, Evagrius of Constantinople, and Pope Peter II of Alexandria.

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