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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. His literary style was atticistic – imitating Classical Attic Greek in its prime. He is known for his work Rhōmaikē Archaiologia (Roman Antiquities), which describes the history of Rome from its beginnings until the outbreak of the First Punic War in 264 BCE. Out of twenty books, only the first nine have survived. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dionysius of Halicarnassus has received more than 548,681 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 Turkish 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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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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Contemporaries

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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