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Marcus Velleius Paterculus

19 BC - 31

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Marcus Velleius Paterculus (; c. 19 BC – c. AD 31) was a Roman historian, soldier and senator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcus Velleius Paterculus has received more than 88,634 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Marcus Velleius Paterculus is the 55th most popular historian (down from 52nd in 2019), the 820th most popular biography from Italy (down from 799th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Historian.

Marcus Velleius Paterculus was a Roman historian who served as a military tribune in the army of Julius Caesar. He wrote a history of Rome from the time of its founding to the death of Caesar.

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  • 2.50

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Marcus Velleius Paterculus ranks 55 out of 561. Before him are Henri Pirenne, Ernst Gombrich, Joseph Justus Scaliger, Socrates of Constantinople, Jared Diamond, and Johann Gustav Droysen. After him are Geoffrey of Villehardouin, Callisthenes, Tzvetan Todorov, John Skylitzes, Francesco Guicciardini, and Libanius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 19 BC, Marcus Velleius Paterculus ranks 1. After him is Julia the Younger. Among people deceased in 31, Marcus Velleius Paterculus ranks 3. Before him are John the Baptist, and Nero Julius Caesar. After him are Sejanus, and Livilla.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Marcus Velleius Paterculus ranks 820 out of 5,161. Before him are Herod Agrippa II (28), Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (1900), Giovanni Pisano (1248), Baldassare Galuppi (1706), Gigliola Cinquetti (1947), and John of Capistrano (1386). After him are Rocco Siffredi (1964), Fausta (289), Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522), Andrea del Castagno (1420), Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (1751), and Berengar II of Italy (900).

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Among HISTORIANS In Italy

Among historians born in Italy, Marcus Velleius Paterculus ranks 6. Before him are Livy (-59), Suetonius (70), Diodorus Siculus (-90), Euhemerus (-330), and Leonardo Bruni (1370). After him are Francesco Guicciardini (1483), Poggio Bracciolini (1380), Carlo Ginzburg (1939), Flavio Biondo (1388), Timaeus (-350), and Tyrannius Rufinus (345).

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