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Julius Obsequens

400 - 301

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Julius Obsequens was a Roman writer active in the 4th or early 5th centuries AD, during late antiquity. His sole known work is the Prodigiorum liber (Book of Prodigies), a tabulation of the wonders and portents (prodigia) that had occurred in the Roman Republic and early Principate in the years 249–12 BC. The material for the Prodigiorum liber was largely excerpted from the 1st century AD Ab Urbe Condita Libri of the Augustan historian Livy, which chronicled the history of the Roman state from its origin to the beginning of the imperial period, though Julius used it selectively and sometimes added interpretations of the omens and incidents he included. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julius Obsequens has received more than 65,715 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Julius Obsequens is the 3,271st most popular writer (up from 3,349th in 2019), the 2,869th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,785th in 2019) and the 194th most popular Italian Writer.

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Notable Works

Les prodiges
1842
Julii Obsequentis quae supersunt ex libro De prodigiis
Omens
1720
Iulii Obsequentis lexicon
Glossaries, vocabularies, Latin language
1978
Ivlii Obseqventis qvæ svpersvnt ex libro De prodigiis
Omens
1772
Il libro dei prodigi
Omens
1976
Iulii Obsequentis Prodigiorum liber, ab urbe condita usq[ue] ad Augustum Caesarem, cuius tantum extabat fragmentum, nunc demum historiarum beneficio, per Conradum Lycostenem, Rubeaquensem, integritati suae restitutus. Polydori Vergilij, Vrbinatis De prodigijs libri III. Ioachimi Camerarij, Paberg, De ostentis libri II
Early works to 1800, Omens, History
1553
Les prodiges
1842
Prodiges de Julius Obsequens
2018
Ivlii Obseqventis qvæ svpersvnt ex libro De prodigiis
Omens
1772
Julii Obsequentis quae supersunt ex libro De prodigiis
Omens
1720
Iulii Obsequentis lexicon
Glossaries, vocabularies, Latin language
1978
Il libro dei prodigi
Omens
1976

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Julius Obsequens ranks 3,271 out of 7,302. Before him are Maurice de Guérin, Agniya Barto, Ramón Chao, Sakya Pandita, Futabatei Shimei, and Caesarius of Heisterbach. After him are Curt von Bardeleben, John Brunner, Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, Duarte Barbosa, Mariano Azuela, and Willa Cather.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400, Julius Obsequens ranks 62. Before him are Nilus of Sinai, Eusebia, Optatus, Sebastianus, Maruthas of Martyropolis, and Respendial. After him are Quodvultdeus, Gundomar I, Orientius, Coelius Sedulius, Arshak II, and Proterius of Alexandria. Among people deceased in 301, Julius Obsequens ranks 6. Before him are Asanga, Maurus Servius Honoratus, Sima Lun, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius, and Hripsime. After him is Marina Severa.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Julius Obsequens ranks 2,869 out of 5,161. Before him are Jimmy Fontana (1934), Teodolfo Mertel (1806), Alberico Gentili (1552), Alvise II Mocenigo (1628), Pietro Ferraris (1912), and Carlo Contarini (1580). After him are Angelo Peruzzi (1970), Laurence of Canterbury (550), Caterina Scarpellini (1808), Archduke Karl of Austria-Este (1785), Mario Salieri (1957), and Giovanni Artusi (1540).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Julius Obsequens ranks 194. Before him are Tiziano Terzani (1938), Giovanni Battista Giraldi (1504), Roberto Calasso (1941), Antonio Beccadelli (1394), Giosafat Barbaro (1413), and Ennio Flaiano (1910). After him are Licinius Macer Calvus (-82), Nossis (null), Alessandro Baricco (1958), Francesco de Sanctis (1817), Corrado Alvaro (1895), and Filippo Buonaccorsi (1437).

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