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Pescennius Niger

135 - 194

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Gaius Pescennius Niger (c. 135 – 194) was a Roman usurper from 193 to 194 during the Year of the Five Emperors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pescennius Niger has received more than 320,056 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Pescennius Niger is the 2,277th most popular politician (down from 1,782nd in 2019), the 809th most popular biography from Italy (down from 671st in 2019) and the 160th most popular Italian Politician.

Pescennius niger is most famous for being a black, lichen-like fungus that grows on the walls of caves and rock surfaces.

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  • 320k

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  • 64.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pescennius Niger ranks 2,277 out of 15,577Before him are Alfonso VII of León and Castile, Theodoric II, Emperor Itoku, Porus, Qutb al-Din Aibak, and Paul Doumer. After him are Louis the Blind, Seleucus II Callinicus, Amenemhat II, Jacques Pierre Brissot, Johannes Rau, and Birger Jarl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 135, Pescennius Niger ranks 1After him are He Jin and Judah ha-Nasi. Among people deceased in 194, Pescennius Niger ranks 1

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pescennius Niger ranks 809 out of 4,668Before him are Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1797), Gian Maria Volonté (1933), Giulia Farnese (1474), Occhiali (1519), Gianni Rivera (1943), and Pietro Lorenzetti (1280). After him are Domenico Modugno (1928), Silvio Piola (1913), Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (1498), Giosuè Carducci (1835), Bernardo Provenzano (1933), and Tancred, King of Sicily (1138).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Pescennius Niger ranks 160Before him are Herod Agrippa II (28), Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary (1776), Palmiro Togliatti (1893), Ferdinand, Duke of Parma (1751), Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1797), and Occhiali (1519). After him are Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (1498), Tancred, King of Sicily (1138), William I of Sicily (1126), Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (1701), Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (1587), and Alfonso II of Naples (1448).