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Agathias

536 - 582

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Agathias Scholasticus (Greek: Ἀγαθίας σχολαστικός; c. AD 530 – 582/594) was a Greek poet and the principal historian of part of the reign of the Roman emperor Justinian I between 552 and 558. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Agathias has received more than 117,473 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Agathias is the 708th most popular writer (up from 750th in 2019), the 174th most popular biography from Greece (up from 190th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Greek Writer.

Agathias is most famous for his work on the history of the wars between the Byzantines and the Persians.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Histoires
2007
O t͡s︡arstvovanii I͡U︡stiniana
1953

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Agathias ranks 708 out of 7,302. Before him are Arto Paasilinna, Jack Vance, Maurice Denis, Max Jacob, Louise Hay, and Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. After him are Oliver Sacks, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Ivan Krylov, Nonnus, Dalton Trumbo, and Veronica Franco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 536, Agathias ranks 1. After him is Evagrius Scholasticus. Among people deceased in 582, Agathias ranks 2. Before him is Tiberius II Constantine. After him are Eutychius of Constantinople, and Justinian.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Agathias ranks 174 out of 1,024. Before him are Thaïs (-400), Callisthenes (-360), Hippocrates of Chios (-470), Pleistarchus (-500), Meton of Athens (-500), and Periander (-700). After him are Longus (110), Brasidas (-500), Cleomenes I (-600), Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907), Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (1911), and Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Agathias ranks 19. Before him are Simonides of Ceos (-556), Arion (-700), Phaedrus (-20), Lysias (-445), Tyrtaeus (-700), and Periander (-700). After him are Longus (110), Aelia Eudocia (401), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Odysseas Elytis (1911), Bacchylides (-490), and Philostratus (170).

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