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PHILOSOPHER

Arnobius

255 - 327

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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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  • 30

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  • 2.23

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Arnobius ranks 436 out of 1,081Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 255, Arnobius ranks 3Before him are Pope Marcellus I and Tiridates III of Armenia. After him is Dorotheus of Tyre. Among people deceased in 327, Arnobius ranks 1

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In Tunisia

Among people born in Tunisia, Arnobius ranks 27 out of 179Before 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).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Tunisia

Among philosophers born in Tunisia, Arnobius ranks 3Before him are Tertullian (155) and Macrobius (370). After him are Clitomachus (-187) and Pierre Lévy (1956).