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Philistus

430 BC - 356 BC

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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philistus has received more than 36,329 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Philistus is the 191st most popular historian (down from 185th in 2019), the 2,412th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,336th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Italian Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 36k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Philistus ranks 191 out of 561. Before him are Khvandamir, Otto von Gierke, Gustav Hugo, Roger Chartier, Karl Lamprecht, and Adémar de Chabannes. After him are Slobodan Jovanović, W. Montgomery Watt, William of Malmesbury, Évariste Lévi-Provençal, Frederick Jackson Turner, and Max Weinreich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 430 BC, Philistus ranks 5. Before him are Xenophon, Dionysius I of Syracuse, Cynisca, and Aeschines of Sphettus.  Among people deceased in 356 BC, Philistus ranks 2. Before him is Herostratus.

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    Herostratus

    EXTREMIST

    301 BC - 356 BC

    HPI: 77.67

    Rank: 1

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    Philistus

    HISTORIAN

    430 BC - 356 BC

    HPI: 60.72

    Rank: 2

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Philistus ranks 2,412 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni de' Bardi (1534), Aurelio Peccei (1908), Claudio Villa (1926), Franco Cristaldi (1924), Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum (-206), and Guido Crepax (1933). After him are Peppino di Capri (1939), Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme (1872), Benedetto Castelli (1578), Pietro Riario (1447), Enrico Betti (1823), and Massimo d'Azeglio (1798).

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Among HISTORIANS In Italy

Among historians born in Italy, Philistus ranks 16. Before him are Flavio Biondo (1388), Timaeus (-350), Tyrannius Rufinus (345), Andrea Alciato (1492), Peter Martyr d'Anghiera (1457), and Martino Martini (1614). After him are Antiochus of Syracuse (-450), Festus (390), Annius of Viterbo (1437), Marino Sanuto the Younger (1466), Filippo Baldinucci (1625), and Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius (-200).

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