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Frontinus

30 - 103

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Sextus Julius Frontinus (c. 40 – 103 AD) was a Roman civil engineer, author, soldier and senator of the late 1st century AD. He was a successful general under Domitian, commanding forces in Roman Britain, and on the Rhine and Danube frontiers. A novus homo, he was consul three times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frontinus has received more than 214,444 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Frontinus is the 659th most popular writer (down from 649th in 2019), the 775th most popular biography from France (down from 762nd in 2019) and the 108th most popular French Writer.

Frontinus is most famous for his work on the aqueducts of Rome. He was appointed as water commissioner by Emperor Nerva in 97 AD and held the position until his death in 103 AD.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frontinus ranks 659 out of 7,302. Before him are Giosuè Carducci, Ryszard Kapuściński, Pietro Metastasio, Ursula K. Le Guin, Camilo José Cela, and Washington Irving. After him are Ian McEwan, Isabelle de Charrière, Aratus, Giambattista Basile, Ivan Goncharov, and Irwin Shaw.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 30, Frontinus ranks 3. Before him are Nerva, and Poppaea Sabina. After him are Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder, Claudia Antonia, Quintus Petillius Cerialis, and Mobon of Goguryeo. Among people deceased in 103, Frontinus ranks 1. 

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In France

Among people born in France, Frontinus ranks 775 out of 6,770. Before him are Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540), Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902), Eric Cantona (1966), Adélaïde of France (1732), Auguste Mariette (1821), and Edmond James de Rothschild (1845). After him are Jacques Callot (1592), André Michel Lwoff (1902), Jean Nicot (1530), François l'Olonnais (1635), Margaret of Provence (1221), and Jean-Pierre Cassel (1932).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Frontinus ranks 108. Before him are Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922), Madame de La Fayette (1634), Pierre Loti (1850), Madame Roland (1754), Raymond Queneau (1903), and Eugène Sue (1804). After him are Marie de France (1101), Maurice Blanchot (1907), Bernard Gui (1261), Jean Froissart (1337), Maurice Denis (1870), and Max Jacob (1876).

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