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Dionysius of Halicarnassus

60 BC - 7 BC

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Dionysius of Halicarnassus (Ancient Greek: Διονύσιος Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἁλικαρνασσεύς, Dionúsios Alexándrou Halikarnasseús, ''Dionysios (son of Alexandros) of Halikarnassos''; c.  60 BC – after 7 BC) was a Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, who flourished during the reign of Emperor Augustus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dionysius of Halicarnassus has received more than 489,575 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Dionysius of Halicarnassus is the 279th most popular writer (up from 324th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 148th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Writer.

Dionysius of Halicarnassus is most famous for his work "Roman Antiquities" which is a history of Rome from the earliest times to the death of Julius Caesar.

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Dionysius of Halicarnassus
History
Dionysius of Halicarnassus was born before 53 BCE and went to Italy before 29 BCE. He taught rhetoric in Rome while studying the Latin language, collecting material for a history of Rome, and writing. His Roman Antiquities began to appear in 7 BCE. Dionysius states that his objects in writing history were to please lovers of noble deeds and to repay the benefits he had enjoyed in Rome. But he wrote also to reconcile Greeks to Roman rule. Of the 20 books of Roman Antiquities (from the earliest times to 264 BCE) we have the first 9 complete; most of 10 and 11; and later extracts and an epitome of the whole. Dionysius studied the best available literary sources (mainly annalistic and other historians) and possibly some public documents. His work and that of Livy are our only continuous and detailed independent narratives of early Roman history. Dionysius was author also of essays on literature covering rhetoric, Greek oratory, Thucydides, and how to imitate the best models in literature. The Loeb Classical Library publishes a two-volume edition of the critical essays; the edition of Roman Antiquities is in seven volumes.
1900
Antiquitates romanae
1555
Antiquitatum Romanarum Quae Supersunt (Dionysii Halicarnasei)
1997
The Roman antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus
1937
The Roman antiquities of Dionysius Halicarnassensis
Rome
1758
On literary composition
Language Arts & Disciplines
1702

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Over the past year Dionysius of Halicarnassus has had the most page views in the with 64,863 views, followed by Italian (26,818), and Spanish (15,094). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Lithuanian (191.82%), Arabic (164.52%), and Sicilian (54.12%)

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Among writers, Dionysius of Halicarnassus ranks 279 out of 7,302. Before him are Jordanes, Marguerite Duras, Henrik Pontoppidan, Alphonse Daudet, Kenzaburō Ōe, and Italo Calvino. After him are Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Paul Heyse, Mary Wollstonecraft, Alfonso X of Castile, William Golding, and Alberto Moravia.

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Among people born in 60 BC, Dionysius of Halicarnassus ranks 1. After him is Ptolemy XIV of Egypt. Among people deceased in 7 BC, Dionysius of Halicarnassus ranks 1. After him are Emperor Cheng of Han, Aristobulus IV, and Alexander, son of Herod.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Dionysius of Halicarnassus ranks 108 out of 1,347. Before him are Cassius Dio (155), Andromache (null), Antinous (111), Nikephoros I (760), Anna Komnene (1083), and Bartholomew I of Constantinople (1940). After him are Zeno (425), Eudoxus of Cnidus (-408), Gregory of Nyssa (335), Abdullah Öcalan (1949), Gordian I (159), and Chrysippus (-281).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Dionysius of Halicarnassus ranks 7. Before him are Hesiod (-800), Lucian (120), Orhan Pamuk (1952), Constantine VII (905), Anacreon (-570), and Anna Komnene (1083). After him are Yunus Emre (1240), Ammianus Marcellinus (330), Giorgos Seferis (1900), Aratus (-315), Theodore the Studite (759), and André Chénier (1762).

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