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Lucan

39 - 65

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Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (3 November 39 AD – 30 April 65 AD), better known in English as Lucan (), was a Roman poet, born in Corduba (modern-day Córdoba), in Hispania Baetica. He is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Imperial Latin period, known in particular for his epic Pharsalia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucan has received more than 479,807 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia. Lucan is the 297th most popular writer (down from 296th in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 68th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Spanish Writer.

Lucan is most famous for his poem "Pharsalia" which tells the story of the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey.

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  • 480k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lucan ranks 297 out of 5,755. Before him are Alice Munro, Claude Simon, Marguerite Duras, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Margaret Mitchell, and Mikhail Sholokhov. After him are Saadi Shirazi, Fuzûlî, Heinrich von Kleist, Alberto Moravia, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and Italo Calvino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 39, Lucan ranks 1. After him is Julia Drusilla. Among people deceased in 65, Lucan ranks 2. Before him is Seneca the Younger. After him are Poppaea Sabina, Simon Magus, Gaius Calpurnius Piso, and Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Lucan ranks 72 out of 2,932. Before him are Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784), Amancio Ortega (1936), Santiago Bernabéu Yeste (1895), Louis I of Spain (1707), Luis Suárez (1935), and Francisco Gento (1933). After him are Muhammad XII of Granada (1459), Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475), Alfonso XII of Spain (1857), Abbas ibn Firnas (810), Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021), and José Ortega y Gasset (1883).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Lucan ranks 8. Before him are Federico García Lorca (1898), Lope de Vega (1562), Quintilian (35), Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), Bartolomé de las Casas (1484), and Alfonso X of Castile (1221). After him are Martial (40), Seneca the Elder (-54), Henry IV of Castile (1425), Gaius Julius Hyginus (-64), Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881), and Francisco de Quevedo (1584).

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