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Persius

34 - 62

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Aulus Persius Flaccus (; 4 December 34 – 24 November 62 AD) was a Roman poet and satirist of Etruscan origin. In his works, poems and satire, he shows a Stoic wisdom and a strong criticism for what he considered to be the stylistic abuses of his poetic contemporaries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Persius has received more than 223,917 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Persius is the 1,024th most popular writer (down from 974th in 2019), the 1,168th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,103rd in 2019) and the 85th most popular Italian Writer.

Persius is most famous for his satires, which are poems that make fun of people in power.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The satires of A. Persius Flaccus
Rome
1874
Satirarum liber
1843
A. Persi Flacci et D. Iuni Iuvenalis Saturae
1907
Satiræ
1656
Menschen und schiffe in der kaiserlichen flotte
1925
Saturarum liber
1956

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Persius ranks 1,024 out of 7,302. Before him are August Kubizek, Mary Higgins Clark, Shūsaku Endō, Egill Skallagrímsson, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, and Guido Cavalcanti. After him are Hrotsvitha, Marguerite Porete, Benito Pérez Galdós, Jean-Claude Carrière, P. D. James, and Charles De Coster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 34, Persius ranks 1. After him is Zhang Daoling. Among people deceased in 62, Persius ranks 4. Before him are James, son of Alphaeus, James the Less, and Claudia Octavia. After him are Sextus Afranius Burrus, Pallas, Porcius Festus, and Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Persius ranks 1,168 out of 5,161. Before him are Johann Maria Farina (1685), Antipope Clement III (1025), Antipope Boniface VII (1000), Guido Cavalcanti (1258), Trota of Salerno (1001), and Ildibad (450). After him are Mary of Modena (1658), Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma (1524), Flavio Biondo (1388), Stefania Sandrelli (1946), Filarete (1400), and Gino Colaussi (1914).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Persius ranks 85. Before him are Lucius Accius (-170), Rustichello da Pisa (1290), Chiara Lubich (1920), Quintus Tullius Cicero (-102), Vladimir Bartol (1903), and Guido Cavalcanti (1258). After him are Giambattista Marino (1569), Titus Pomponius Atticus (-110), Elsa Morante (1912), Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45), Cornelius Gallus (-69), and Giovanni Papini (1881).

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