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Gaius Valerius Flaccus

45 - 95

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Gaius Valerius Flaccus (; died c. AD 90) was a 1st-century Roman poet who flourished during the "Silver Age" under the Flavian dynasty, and wrote a Latin Argonautica that owes a great deal to Apollonius of Rhodes' more famous epic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaius Valerius Flaccus has received more than 84,409 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Gaius Valerius Flaccus is the 1,140th most popular writer (down from 1,009th in 2019), the 1,278th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,146th in 2019) and the 89th most popular Italian Writer.

Gaius Valerius Flaccus is most famous for his poem, "Argonautica," which tells the story of Jason and the Argonauts' quest for the Golden Fleece.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gaius Valerius Flaccus ranks 1,140 out of 7,302. Before him are Rigas Feraios, Bharata Muni, Saint Gall, Michel Butor, Arnold Zweig, and Bulat Okudzhava. After him are Monique Wittig, Léon Bloy, Cornelius Gallus, Anne Rice, Antoine François Prévost, and Gottfried Keller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 45, Gaius Valerius Flaccus ranks 2. Before him is Ban Zhao. After him are Tettius Julianus, and Domitilla the Younger. Among people deceased in 95, Gaius Valerius Flaccus ranks 2. Before him is Gaius Musonius Rufus. After him is Titus Flavius Clemens.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gaius Valerius Flaccus ranks 1,278 out of 5,161. Before him are Andreas Hofer (1767), Luigi Tenco (1938), Rafael Bombelli (1526), Ugo Tognazzi (1922), Publius Licinius Crassus (-86), and Thomas Cajetan (1469). After him are Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily (1784), Adolfo Celi (1922), Cornelius Gallus (-69), Iullus Antonius (-43), Agrippa Postumus (-12), and Antonio Lotti (1667).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Gaius Valerius Flaccus ranks 89. Before him are Vladimir Bartol (1903), Guido Cavalcanti (1258), Persius (34), Giambattista Marino (1569), Titus Pomponius Atticus (-110), and Elsa Morante (1912). After him are Cornelius Gallus (-69), Giovanni Papini (1881), Francesco Maria Piave (1810), Odoric of Pordenone (1286), Giovanni Verga (1840), and Maurus Servius Honoratus (363).

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