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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 86,347 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Marcus Velleius Paterculus is the 52nd most popular historian (down from 51st in 2019), the 801st most popular biography from Italy (down from 789th 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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    Effective Languages (L*)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Marcus Velleius Paterculus ranks 52 out of 339. Before him are Jared Diamond, François Guizot, Poggio Bracciolini, Tzvetan Todorov, Callisthenes, and John Skylitzes. After him are Socrates of Constantinople, Adam of Bremen, Euhemerus, Theopompus, Justin, and Johann Gustav Droysen.

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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 Sejanus. After him are Nero Julius Caesar and Livilla.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Marcus Velleius Paterculus ranks 801 out of 4,668. Before him are Peter Lombard (1096), Arnolfo di Cambio (1240), Andrea Camilleri (1925), Palmiro Togliatti (1893), Renata Tebaldi (1922), and Valentino (1932). After him are Ferdinand, Duke of Parma (1751), Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1797), Gian Maria Volonté (1933), Giulia Farnese (1474), Occhiali (1519), and Gianni Rivera (1943).

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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), Leonardo Bruni (1370), and Poggio Bracciolini (1380). After him are Euhemerus (-330), Francesco Guicciardini (1483), Carlo Ginzburg (1939), Timaeus (-350), Flavio Biondo (1388), and Tyrannius Rufinus (345).

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