HISTORIAN

Ghazar Parpetsi

442 - 510

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Ghazar Parpetsi (Armenian: Ղազար Փարպեցի; Łazar Pʻarpecʻi) was a fifth-to-sixth-century Armenian historian. He had close ties with the powerful Mamikonian noble family and is most prominent for writing a history of Armenia in the last years of the fifth century or at the beginning of the sixth century. The history covers events from 387 to 485, starting with the partition of Armenia between the Byzantine and Sasanian empires and ending with the appointment of Vahan Mamikonian (Ghazar's friend and patron) as marzpan (governor) of Sasanian-ruled Armenia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ghazar Parpetsi has received more than 41,419 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ghazar Parpetsi is the 224th most popular historian (up from 259th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Armenia (up from 42nd in 2019) and the most popular Armenian Historian.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Ghazar Parpetsi ranks 224 out of 561. Before him are Ivane Javakhishvili, John Foxe, Sigfried Giedion, Ahmad Kasravi, Albert Soboul, and Moritz Cantor. After him are Bernard Berenson, Henri Maspero, Peter Andreas Munch, Georges Lefebvre, Halil İnalcık, and Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 442, Ghazar Parpetsi ranks 2. Before him is Isidore of Miletus.  Among people deceased in 510, Ghazar Parpetsi ranks 4. Before him are Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Tato, and Bisinus. After him is Drest Gurthinmoch.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Ghazar Parpetsi ranks 38 out of 163. Before him are Frunzik Mkrtchyan (1930), Vazgen Sargsyan (1959), Andranik Margaryan (1949), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (1989), Davit Bek (1669), and Avetik Isahakyan (1875). After him are Mariam Aslamazian (1907), Eznik of Kolb (380), Shavarsh Karapetyan (1953), Gennady Timchenko (1952), Ariarathes II of Cappadocia (-350), and Vazgen Manukyan (1946).

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Among HISTORIANS In Armenia

Among historians born in Armenia, Ghazar Parpetsi ranks 1. After him are Vardan Areveltsi (1198), Nicholas Adontz (1871), and Gregory Areshian (1949).

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