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Propertius

50 BC - 14 BC

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Sextus Propertius was a Latin elegiac poet of the Augustan age. He was born around 50–45 BC in Assisium (now Assisi) and died shortly after 15 BC. Propertius' surviving work comprises four books of Elegies (Elegiae). He was a friend of the poets Gallus and Virgil and, with them, had as his patron Maecenas and, through Maecenas, the emperor Augustus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Propertius has received more than 337,146 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Propertius is the 443rd most popular writer (down from 402nd in 2019), the 567th most popular biography from Italy (down from 522nd in 2019) and the 37th most popular Italian Writer.

Propertius is most famous for his love poems to Cynthia.

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  • 2.51

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Propertius ranks 443 out of 7,302. Before him are Louis Aragon, André Maurois, Meera, Lysias, Giacomo Leopardi, and Auguste Escoffier. After him are Rudaki, Fausto Cercignani, Comte de Lautréamont, Ammianus Marcellinus, Karl Barth, and Gabriela Mistral.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 50 BC, Propertius ranks 1. After him are Tibullus, Nicodemus, Wang Zhaojun, Marcus Manilius, Shammai, Philip II Philoromaeus, Valerius Gratus, Tiridates III of Parthia, Namhae of Silla, Liu Xin, and Marcus Licinius Crassus. Among people deceased in 14 BC, Propertius ranks 1. After him is Lucius Varius Rufus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Propertius ranks 567 out of 5,161. Before him are Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), Denis (210), Philip of Swabia (1177), Benedetto Croce (1866), Gregorio Allegri (1582), and Giacomo Leopardi (1798). After him are Claudio Ranieri (1951), Fausto Cercignani (1941), Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720), Marcus Furius Camillus (-446), Ettore Bugatti (1881), and Saint Eustace (10).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Propertius ranks 37. Before him are Theocritus (-315), Cornelius Nepos (-100), Elena Ferrante (1943), Pietro Aretino (1492), Edmondo De Amicis (1846), and Giacomo Leopardi (1798). After him are Fausto Cercignani (1941), Salvatore Quasimodo (1901), Tibullus (-50), Livius Andronicus (-280), Alessandro Manzoni (1785), and Baldassare Castiglione (1478).

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