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Juvenal

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Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Latin: [ˈdɛkɪmʊs ˈjuːniʊs jʊwɛˈnaːlɪs]), known in English as Juvenal ( JOO-vən-əl), was a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century AD. He is the author of the collection of satirical poems known as the Satires. The details of Juvenal's life are unclear, although references within his text to known persons of the late first and early second centuries AD fix his earliest date of composition. One recent scholar argues that his first book was published in 100 or 101. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juvenal has received more than 870,894 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Juvenal is the 195th most popular writer (down from 181st in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 245th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Italian Writer.

Juvenal is most famous for his satirical poems.

Memorability Metrics

  • 870k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

D. Junii Juvenalis et Auli Persii Flacci Satyrae
Latin Verse satire
1664
Juvenal
Accessible book, English Verse satire, Latin Verse satire
1831
A new and literal translation of Juvenal and Persius
Translations into English, Latin Satire
1789
D. Junii Juvenalis et A. Persii Flacci Satirae
Latin poetry, Latin Verse satire, Translations into Italian
1684
The satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis
1716
Iunii Iuuenalis et Auli Persii Flacci satyræ
1612

Page views of Juvenals by language

Over the past year Juvenal has had the most page views in the with 98,884 views, followed by French (32,050), and Spanish (29,603). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (89.58%), Southern Azerbaijani (89.13%), and Icelandic (69.03%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Juvenal ranks 195 out of 7,302. Before him are Lope de Vega, Eckhart Tolle, Janusz Korczak, Lu Xun, Al-Masudi, and Friedrich Hölderlin. After him are Luís de Camões, Roald Dahl, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, William Blake, Karl Adolph Gjellerup, and Lou Andreas-Salomé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 50, Juvenal ranks 3. Before him are Judas Iscariot, and Epictetus. After him are Simon bar Kokhba, Apollodorus of Damascus, Zacchaeus, Salome, Rabbi Akiva, Simon Magus, Osroes I, Charaka, and Gaius Calpurnius Piso. Among people deceased in 200, Juvenal ranks 2. Before him is Lucian. After him are Sun Ce, Longus, Justin, Emperor Chūai, Aretaeus of Cappadocia, Lucius Artorius Castus, Vologases III of Parthia, Artemidorus, Soranus of Ephesus, and Babrius.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Juvenal ranks 272 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Marcellus I (255), Benvenuto Cellini (1500), Umberto II of Italy (1904), Pope Honorius II (1100), Pertinax (126), and Pope Lucius III (1110). After him are Pope Siricius (334), Canaletto (1697), Pietro Perugino (1446), Pope Innocent II (1100), Farinelli (1705), and Lucius Tarquinius Priscus (-700).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Juvenal ranks 17. Before him are Plautus (-254), Cato the Elder (-243), Carlo Collodi (1826), Catullus (-84), Pliny the Younger (61), and Luigi Pirandello (1867). After him are Carlo Goldoni (1707), Torquato Tasso (1544), Dario Fo (1926), Sallust (-86), Primo Levi (1919), and Alberto Moravia (1907).

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