330 - 395
Ammianus Marcellinus, occasionally anglicised as Ammian (Greek: Αμμιανός Μαρκελλίνος; born c. 330, died c. 391 – 400), was a Roman soldier and historian who wrote the penultimate major historical account surviving from antiquity (preceding Procopius). Written in Latin and known as the Res gestae, his work chronicled the history of Rome from the accession of the Emperor Nerva in 96 to the death of Valens at the Battle of Adrianople in 378. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ammianus Marcellinus has received more than 498,721 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Ammianus Marcellinus is the 388th most popular writer (down from 362nd in 2019), the 179th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 161st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Turkish Writer.
Ammianus Marcellinus was a fourth-century Roman historian who wrote a history of Rome from the death of Augustus in 14 AD to the death of Valens in 378 AD.
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Among writers, Ammianus Marcellinus ranks 388 out of 5,755. Before him are Jo Nesbø, W. Somerset Maugham, Herta Müller, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, André Maurois, and Henning Mankell. After him are Edmondo De Amicis, Hector Malot, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Apollonius of Rhodes, J. M. G. Le Clézio, and Sergei Yesenin.
1960 - Present
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 382
1874 - 1965
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 383
1953 - Present
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 384
1921 - 1990
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 385
1885 - 1967
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 386
1948 - 2015
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 387
330 - 395
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 388
1846 - 1908
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 389
1830 - 1907
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 390
1888 - 1970
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 391
295 BC - 215 BC
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 392
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 393
1895 - 1925
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 394
Among people born in 330, Ammianus Marcellinus ranks 1. After him is Caesarius of Nazianzus. Among people deceased in 395, Ammianus Marcellinus ranks 3. Before him are Theodosius I and Gregory of Nyssa. After him are Ausonius, Rufinus, and Macarius of Alexandria.
340 - 395
HPI: 81.43
Rank: 1
335 - 395
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 2
330 - 395
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 3
310 - 395
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 4
335 - 395
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 5
297 - 395
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 6
Among people born in Turkey, Ammianus Marcellinus ranks 179 out of 1,301. Before him are John II Komnenos (1087), Constantine X Doukas (1006), Michael II (770), Malhun Hatun (1350), Parascheva of the Balkans (1000), and Maurice (539). After him are Apollonius of Tyana (15), Pope John V (635), Stateira II (-346), Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca (1853), Dragut (1485), and Briseis (null).
1087 - 1143
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 173
1006 - 1067
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 174
770 - 829
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 175
1350 - 1324
HPI: 68.14
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1000 - 1100
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 177
539 - 602
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 178
330 - 395
HPI: 68.07
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15 - 100
HPI: 68.07
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635 - 686
HPI: 68.04
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346 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 68.02
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1853 - 1931
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 183
1485 - 1565
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HPI: 67.93
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Among writers born in Turkey, Ammianus Marcellinus ranks 8. Before him are Lucian (120), Anacreon (-570), Constantine VII (905), Orhan Pamuk (1952), Anna Komnene (1083), and Dionysius of Halicarnassus (-60). After him are Yunus Emre (1240), Giorgos Seferis (1900), Novatian (220), Theodore the Studite (759), Aratus (-315), and Zosimus (460).
120 - 200
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 2
570 BC - 485 BC
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 3
905 - 959
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 4
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 5
1083 - 1153
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 6
60 BC - 7 BC
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 7
330 - 395
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 8
1240 - 1321
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 9
1900 - 1971
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 10
220 - 258
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 11
759 - 826
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 12
315 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 13
460 - 520
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 14