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PHILOSOPHER

Priscus

410 - 471

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Priscus of Panium (; Greek: Πρίσκος; 410s AD/420s AD-after 472 AD) was a 5th-century Eastern Roman diplomat and Greek historian and rhetorician (or sophist). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Priscus has received more than 203,329 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Priscus is the 277th most popular philosopher (down from 264th in 2019), the 257th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 254th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

Priscus was a 5th century Roman senator who wrote a history of the Western Roman Empire.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Priscus ranks 277 out of 1,081. Before him are Georges Sorel, Alain Badiou, Raymond Aron, Alexander of Aphrodisias, G. E. Moore, and Houston Stewart Chamberlain. After him are Bruno Bauer, Panaetius, Rudolf Bultmann, Arnaldus de Villa Nova, Anacharsis, and A. S. Neill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 410, Priscus ranks 2. Before him is Pope Gelasius I. After him are Hayk, Movses Khorenatsi, Severinus of Noricum, and Hierocles of Alexandria. Among people deceased in 471, Priscus ranks 1. After him are Aspar, Gennadius of Constantinople, and Ardabur.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Priscus ranks 257 out of 1,301. Before him are John IV Laskaris (1250), Gregory Thaumaturgus (213), Eumenes II (-221), Eumenes (-362), Alexander of Aphrodisias (200), and Hümaşah Sultan (1540). After him are Pancras of Rome (289), Andranik (1865), Alexander (870), Theodora Porphyrogenita (984), Fahri Korutürk (1903), and Theodore the Studite (759).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Turkey

Among philosophers born in Turkey, Priscus ranks 20. Before him are Proclus (412), Bias of Priene (-600), Michael Psellos (1018), Arcesilaus (-315), Xenocrates (-396), and Alexander of Aphrodisias (200). After him are Cleanthes (-330), Thrasymachus (-459), Heraclides Ponticus (-385), Gemistus Pletho (1355), Strato of Lampsacus (-335), and Gennadius Scholarius (1400).

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