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Niketas Choniates

1155 - 1217

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Niketas or Nicetas Choniates (Medieval Greek: Νικήτας Χωνιάτης; c. 1155 – 1217), whose actual surname was Akominatos (Ἀκομινάτος), was a Byzantine Greek historian and politician. He accompanied his brother Michael Akominatos to Constantinople from their birthplace Chonae (from which came his nickname, "Choniates" meaning "person from Chonae"). Nicetas wrote a history of the Eastern Roman Empire from 1118 to 1207. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Niketas Choniates is the 47th most popular historian, the 248th most popular biography from Türkiye and the 6th most popular Turkish Historian.

Niketas Choniates is most famous for his chronicle of the fall of Constantinople to the Fourth Crusade in 1204.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Niketas Choniates ranks 47 out of 561. Before him are Lucien Febvre, Samuel von Pufendorf, Erwin Panofsky, Euhemerus, François Guizot, and Leonardo Bruni. After him are Aby Warburg, Henri Pirenne, Ernst Gombrich, Joseph Justus Scaliger, Socrates of Constantinople, and Jared Diamond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1155, Niketas Choniates ranks 3. Before him are Isaac II Angelos, and Alfonso VIII of Castile. After him are Benkei, Henry the Young King, Ottokar I of Bohemia, Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi, Kilij Arslan II, Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus, Peter II of Courtenay, Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia, and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera. Among people deceased in 1217, Niketas Choniates ranks 1. After him are Ibn Jubayr, Henry I of Castile, Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia, Lembitu, Caupo of Turaida, Inge II of Norway, Isabella, Countess of Gloucester, David of Dinant, Philip Simonsson, and Alexander Neckam.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Niketas Choniates ranks 248 out of 1,347. Before him are Herophilos (-335), Thābit ibn Qurra (836), Alexios II Komnenos (1169), Eudokia Makrembolitissa (1021), Andranik (1865), and Anchises (null). After him are Philippikos Bardanes (700), Beyhan Sultan (1497), Fahri Korutürk (1903), Gregory Thaumaturgus (213), Heraclides Ponticus (-385), and Theodosius III (700).

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Among HISTORIANS In Türkiye

Among historians born in Türkiye, Niketas Choniates ranks 6. Before him are Herodotus (-484), Hecataeus of Miletus (-550), Cassius Dio (155), Arrian (89), and Ali ibn al-Athir (1160). After him are Socrates of Constantinople (380), Libanius (314), Eutropius (320), Ephorus (-400), George Kedrenos (1100), and Eunapius (349).

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