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Evagrius Scholasticus

536 - 594

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Evagrius Scholasticus (Greek: Εὐάγριος Σχολαστικός) was a Syrian scholar and intellectual living in the 6th century AD, and an aide to the patriarch Gregory of Antioch. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Evagrius Scholasticus has received more than 83,949 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Evagrius Scholasticus is the 138th most popular historian (down from 122nd in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from Syria (down from 78th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Syrian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Evagrius Scholasticus ranks 138 out of 561. Before him are François Furet, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, Michael Attaleiates, Hieronymus Wolf, and Jan Assmann. After him are John Kinnamos, Doukas, Philostorgius, Augustin Thierry, Mirkhvand, and Vladimir Minorsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 536, Evagrius Scholasticus ranks 2. Before him is Agathias.  Among people deceased in 594, Evagrius Scholasticus ranks 1. 

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Evagrius Scholasticus ranks 86 out of 210. Before him are Ghassan Massoud (1958), Sergius I of Constantinople (565), Thierry, Count of Flanders (1100), Vaballathus (266), Hussein Arnous (1953), and Salah Jadid (1926). After him are Dündar Ali Osman (1930), Adib Shishakli (1909), Numenius of Apamea (200), Cassius Longinus (213), Alciphron (200), and Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389).

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Among HISTORIANS In Syria

Among historians born in Syria, Evagrius Scholasticus ranks 4. Before him are Ibn Kathir (1301), Al-Dhahabi (1274), and Nicolaus of Damascus (-64). After him are Malchus (450), and Abu Shama (1203).

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