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Cornelius Nepos

100 BC - 25 BC

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Cornelius Nepos (; c. 110 BC – c. 25 BC) was a Roman biographer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cornelius Nepos has received more than 182,669 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Cornelius Nepos is the 382nd most popular writer (up from 394th in 2019), the 501st most popular biography from Italy (up from 510th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Italian Writer.

Cornelius Nepos was a Roman historian who is most famous for his biographies of famous people.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Cornelius Nepos
Accessible book
1820
Vitae excellentium imperatorum
Accessible book, Biography, Classical biography
1594
Vitæ
1704
Cornelius Nepos: with answered questions, and imitative exercises
Accessible book
1846
Selected Lives From Cornelius Nepos
1901
Vitae
1886

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cornelius Nepos ranks 382 out of 7,302. Before him are Theocritus, Arthur de Gobineau, Julio Cortázar, Georges Bataille, Sergei Yesenin, and Jean Genet. After him are Elena Ferrante, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Mika Waltari, Einhard, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Gregory of Tours.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 100 BC, Cornelius Nepos ranks 11. Before him are Saint Anne, Elizabeth, Lazarus of Bethany, Joachim, Herodias, and Simon of Cyrene. After him are Crixus, Andronicus of Rhodes, Ptolemy XI Alexander II, Cleopatra V of Egypt, Gaius Octavius, and Gamaliel. Among people deceased in 25 BC, Cornelius Nepos ranks 1. After him are Alexander Helios, Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, and Amyntas of Galatia.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Cornelius Nepos ranks 501 out of 5,161. Before him are Theocritus (-315), Queen Paola of Belgium (1937), Francesco I Sforza (1401), Berengar I of Italy (850), Paolo Maldini (1968), and Jacopo Peri (1561). After him are Pope Leo II (611), Pontormo (1494), Elena Ferrante (1943), Pope Valentine (780), Totila (500), and Umberto Boccioni (1882).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Cornelius Nepos ranks 32. Before him are Ludovico Ariosto (1474), Lorenzo Valla (1407), Christine de Pizan (1365), Ennius (-239), Grazia Deledda (1871), and Theocritus (-315). After him are Elena Ferrante (1943), Pietro Aretino (1492), Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Giacomo Leopardi (1798), Propertius (-50), and Fausto Cercignani (1941).

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