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Claudian

370 - 404

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Claudius Claudianus, known in English as Claudian (Greek: Κλαυδιανός; c. 370 – c. 404 AD), was a Latin poet associated with the court of the Roman emperor Honorius at Mediolanum (Milan), and particularly with the general Stilicho. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claudian has received more than 212,945 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Claudian is the 685th most popular writer (up from 713th in 2019), the 137th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 133rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Egyptian Writer.

Claudian is most famous for his epic poem "De Bello Gothico" which was written in the fifth century. This poem tells the story of the Gothic Wars, a series of wars between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Ostrogoths.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Claudian ranks 685 out of 7,302. Before him are André Chénier, Novatian, Phillis Wheatley, Derek Walcott, Joseph of Anchieta, and Jacinto Benavente. After him are Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Kang Youwei, Jean Froissart, Truman Capote, Bettina von Arnim, and Carlos Fuentes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 370, Claudian ranks 4. Before him are Pope Boniface I, Constantius III, and Synesius. After him are Macrobius, Pharamond, Sigeric, Isidore of Pelusium, Possidius, Heraclianus, and Atticus of Constantinople. Among people deceased in 404, Claudian ranks 1. After him are Aelia Eudoxia, Saint Telemachus, and Flavian I of Antioch.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Claudian ranks 137 out of 642. Before him are Senusret II (-1900), Psusennes I (-1100), Ramesses IX (-1150), Kiya (-1400), Berenice IV of Egypt (-77), and Necho I (-700). After him are Cleopatra IV of Egypt (-138), Mentuhotep I (-2200), Zahi Hawass (1947), Mohammed Badie (1943), Theon of Alexandria (335), and Nonnus (500).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Claudian ranks 9. Before him are Appian (95), Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876), Apollonius of Rhodes (-295), Lactantius (250), Constantine P. Cavafy (1863), and Athenaeus (200). After him are Nonnus (500), Taha Hussein (1889), Pope Dionysius of Alexandria (190), Dionysius Thrax (-170), Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888), and Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (1928).

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