255 - 327
Arnobius (died c. 330) was an early Christian apologist of Berber origin during the reign of Diocletian (284–305). According to Jerome's Chronicle, Arnobius, before his conversion, was a distinguished Numidian rhetorician at Sicca Veneria (El Kef, Tunisia), a major Christian center in Proconsular Africa, and owed his conversion to a premonitory dream. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arnobius has received more than 110,397 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Arnobius is the 436th most popular philosopher (down from 401st in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Tunisia (down from 23rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Tunisian Philosopher.
Arnobius is most famous for his "Against the Pagans" which is a polemical work that defends Christianity and attacks paganism.
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Among philosophers, Arnobius ranks 436 out of 1,081. Before him are Eudemus of Rhodes, Hunayn ibn Ishaq, Adolf von Harnack, Hans Reichenbach, Francisco Ferrer, and Pavel Florensky. After him are Michel Serres, P. D. Ouspensky, Kapila, Franz Rosenzweig, Lucilio Vanini, and Yuri Lotman.
370 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 430
809 - 873
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 431
1851 - 1930
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 432
1891 - 1953
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 433
1859 - 1909
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 434
1882 - 1937
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 435
255 - 327
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 436
1930 - 2019
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 437
1878 - 1947
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 438
550 BC - Present
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 439
1886 - 1929
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 440
1585 - 1619
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 441
1922 - 1993
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 442
Among people born in 255, Arnobius ranks 3. Before him are Pope Marcellus I and Tiridates III of Armenia. After him is Dorotheus of Tyre. Among people deceased in 327, Arnobius ranks 1.
255 - 309
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 1
255 - 330
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 2
255 - 327
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 3
255 - 362
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 4
Among people born in Tunisia, Arnobius ranks 27 out of 179. Before him are Gordian II (190), Sophonisba (-300), Macrobius (370), Mohamed Ghannouchi (1941), Hasdrubal Gisco (-300), and Moncef Marzouki (1945). After him are Hanno the Great (-300), Salvius Julianus (115), Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah (931), F. R. David (1947), Fulgentius of Ruspe (468), and Avienus (305).
190 - 238
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 21
300 BC - 203 BC
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 22
370 - 430
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 23
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 24
300 BC - 202 BC
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 25
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 26
255 - 327
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 27
300 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 28
115 - 170
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 29
931 - 975
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 30
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 31
468 - 533
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 32
305 - 375
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 33
Among philosophers born in Tunisia, Arnobius ranks 3. Before him are Tertullian (155) and Macrobius (370). After him are Clitomachus (-187) and Pierre Lévy (1956).
155 - 220
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 1
370 - 430
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 2
255 - 327
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 3
187 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 4
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 5