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Avitus

395 - 457

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Eparchius Avitus (died 456/7) was Roman emperor of the Western Empire from July 455 to October 456. He was a senator of Gallic extraction and a high-ranking officer both in the civil and military administration, as well as Bishop of Piacenza. He opposed the reduction of the Western Roman Empire to Italy alone, both politically and from an administrative point of view. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Avitus has received more than 582,641 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Avitus is the 1,479th most popular politician (down from 1,470th in 2019), the 531st most popular biography from France (up from 542nd in 2019) and the 128th most popular French Politician.

Avitus is most famous for being the first Roman emperor to be deposed by his own army.

Memorability Metrics

  • 580k

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  • 72.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Avitus ranks 1,479 out of 19,576. Before him are Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Alexios IV Angelos, Anthemius, Millard Fillmore, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, and Theodore I Laskaris. After him are Asparuh of Bulgaria, Michelle Bachelet, Marcus Furius Camillus, Manasseh of Judah, Javier Milei, and Emperor Xian of Han.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 395, Avitus ranks 1. After him are Hydatius, Dengizich, and Lupus of Troyes. Among people deceased in 457, Avitus ranks 3. Before him are Merovech, and Marcian. After him are Yazdegerd II, Pelagia, Aioulf, Proterius of Alexandria, and Ibas of Edessa.

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In France

Among people born in France, Avitus ranks 531 out of 6,770. Before him are Victor Grignard (1871), Allan Kardec (1804), Richard Clayderman (1953), Charles Richet (1850), Hilary of Poitiers (315), and Joseph Joffre (1852). After him are Marcel Mauss (1872), Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728), Théodore Rousseau (1812), Louis, Grand Condé (1621), Boris Vian (1920), and Jacques Hébert (1757).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Avitus ranks 128. Before him are Elisa Bonaparte (1777), Carloman I (751), Gaspard II de Coligny (1519), Marie Louise d’Orléans (1662), Childebert I (497), and Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1747). After him are Baldwin I, Latin Emperor (1172), Theuderic I (485), Lothair of France (941), Yolande de Polastron (1749), Bernard Tapie (1943), and René of Anjou (1409).

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