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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"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Niketas Choniates has received more than 146,785 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Niketas Choniates is the 47th most popular historian (down from 45th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Turkey (up from 245th in 2019) and the 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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  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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 Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Niketas Choniates ranks 32 out of 169. Before him are Gyges of Lydia (-790), Phorcys (null), Suleiman ibn Qutulmish (1100), Pope John VII (650), Eudokia Makrembolitissa (1021), and Anchises (null). After him are Anthemius of Tralles (474), Seleucus II Callinicus (-265), Attalus II Philadelphus (-220), Aspar (400), Barsine (-363), and Tiberius III (700).

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Among HISTORIANS In Turkey

Among historians born in Turkey, Niketas Choniates ranks 1. After him are Eutropius (320), George Kedrenos (1100), Leo the Deacon (950), and John Kinnamos (1143).

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