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Pomponius Mela

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Pomponius Mela, who wrote around AD 43, was the earliest known Roman geographer. He was born at the end of the 1st century BC in Tingentera (now Algeciras) and died c. AD 45. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pomponius Mela has received more than 298,575 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Pomponius Mela is the 16th most popular geographer, the 213th most popular biography from Spain (up from 216th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Geographer.

Pomponius Mela was a Roman geographer who is most famous for his work "De Chorographia" which explains the geographical knowledge of the world at the time.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Pomponius Mela ranks 16 out of 86. Before him are Ferdinand von Richthofen, Martin Waldseemüller, Wladimir Köppen, Ya'qubi, Georg Joachim Rheticus, and George Everest. After him are Ibn Khordadbeh, Paul Vidal de La Blache, Ibn Jubayr, James Lovelock, Sebastian Münster, and David Harvey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 15, Pomponius Mela ranks 5. Before him are Jude the Apostle, Vitellius, Agrippina the Younger, and Apollonius of Tyana. After him are Lollia Paulina, Caratacus, and Publius Ostorius Scapula. Among people deceased in 100, Pomponius Mela ranks 26. Before him are Salome, Longinus, Saint Sarah, Anna the Prophetess, Nicodemus, and Herod Agrippa II. After him are Zebedee, Pontius Pilate's wife, Lydia of Thyatira, Ananias of Damascus, Silas, and Valerius Maximus.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Pomponius Mela ranks 213 out of 3,355. Before him are Joseph of Anchieta (1534), Jacinto Benavente (1866), Pedro de Valdivia (1497), Brunhilda of Austrasia (543), Infante Carlos, Count of Molina (1788), and Alfonso the Battler (1073). After him are Federico Bahamontes (1928), Eulalia of Mérida (290), Luis de Góngora (1561), Jordi Savall (1941), Fernando Sor (1778), and Manuel Castells (1942).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Spain

Among geographers born in Spain, Pomponius Mela ranks 2. Before him are Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100). After him are Ibn Jubayr (1145), Al-Bakri (1014), Abraham Cresques (1325), and Jehuda Cresques (1350).

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