170 - 250
Herodian or Herodianus (Greek: Ἡρωδιανός) of Syria, sometimes referred to as "Herodian of Antioch" (c. 170 – c. 240), was a minor Roman civil servant who wrote a colourful history in Greek titled History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus (τῆς μετὰ Μάρκον βασιλείας ἱστορία) in eight books covering the years 180 to 238. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herodian has received more than 216,360 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Herodian is the 918th most popular writer (up from 1,025th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Syria and the 4th most popular Syrian Writer.
Herodian is most famous for being the historian of the Roman Empire during the reigns of the emperors Claudius, Nero, and Vespasian.
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Among writers, Herodian ranks 918 out of 5,755. Before him are Silius Italicus, Christoph Martin Wieland, Fatema Mernissi, Tao Yuanming, André Bazin, and Bruce Chatwin. After him are Miroslav Krleža, Machado de Assis, Agathon, Ibn al-Muqaffa', Aimé Césaire, and Jules Renard.
26 - 101
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 912
1733 - 1813
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 913
1940 - 2015
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 914
365 - 427
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 915
1918 - 1958
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 916
1940 - 1989
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 917
170 - 250
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 918
1893 - 1981
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 919
1839 - 1908
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 920
448 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 921
724 - 756
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 922
1913 - 2008
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 923
1864 - 1910
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 924
Among people born in 170, Herodian ranks 6. Before him are Ulpian, Pupienus, Hippolytus of Rome, Guo Jia, and Philostratus. After him is Pang De. Among people deceased in 250, Herodian ranks 5. Before him are Nagarjuna, Pope Fabian, Denis, and Philostratus. After him are Cai Yan, Saint Mercurius, Aryadeva, Aristides Quintilianus, Censorinus, and Licinianus.
170 - 228
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 1
170 - 238
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 2
170 - 235
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 3
170 - Present
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 4
170 - 250
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 5
170 - 250
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 6
170 - 219
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 7
150 - 250
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 1
200 - 250
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 2
210 - 250
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 3
170 - 250
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 4
170 - 250
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 5
177 - 250
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 6
224 - 250
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 7
200 - 250
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 8
150 - 250
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 9
250 - 250
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 10
200 - 250
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 11
Among people born in Syria, Herodian ranks 41 out of 181. Before him are Julia Maesa (165), Odaenathus (220), Yazid III (701), Ibrahim ibn al-Walid (700), Nicolaus of Damascus (-64), and Al-Dhahabi (1274). After him are Michel Aflaq (1910), Julia Soaemias (180), Tutush I (1066), Maron (301), Al-Adil I (1145), and Abu'l-Fida (1273).
165 - 224
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 35
220 - 267
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 36
701 - 744
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 37
700 - 750
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 38
64 BC - 4
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 39
1274 - 1348
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 40
170 - 250
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 41
1910 - 1989
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 42
180 - 222
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 43
1066 - 1095
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 44
301 - 410
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 45
1145 - 1218
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 46
1273 - 1331
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 47
Among writers born in Syria, Herodian ranks 4. Before him are Al-Maʿarri (973), Adunis (1930), and Heliodorus of Emesa (250). After him are Andrew of Crete (660), Nizar Qabbani (1923), Khaled al-Asaad (1932), Usama ibn Munqidh (1095), Abu Tammam (788), Jurji Zaydan (1861), Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389), and Alciphron (200).
973 - 1057
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 1
1930 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 2
250 - 400
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 3
170 - 250
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 4
660 - 740
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 5
1923 - 1998
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 6
1932 - 2015
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 7
1095 - 1188
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 8
788 - 846
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 9
1861 - 1914
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 10
1389 - 1450
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 11
200 - 200
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 12