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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 312,148 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. Propertius is the 403rd most popular writer (down from 396th in 2019), the 523rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 484th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Italian Writer.

Propertius is most famous for his love poems to Cynthia.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Propertius ranks 403 out of 5,755. Before him are Sylvia Plath, Paula Hitler, Edward Said, Arion, Lysias, and Paul Auster. After him are Martial, Alvin Toffler, Tom Clancy, W. B. Yeats, Sholem Aleichem, and Gertrude Stein.

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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, Liu Xin, Namhae of Silla, Archelaus of Cappadocia, and Aelius Gallus. Among people deceased in 14 BC, Propertius ranks 1. 

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Propertius ranks 523 out of 4,668. Before him are Giulio Caccini (1551), Ettore Bugatti (1881), Maria Anna of Savoy (1803), Pope Innocent I (378), Francis I of the Two Sicilies (1777), and Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290). After him are Pope Stephen II (715), Anastasia of Sirmium (281), Maria Luisa of Parma (1751), Caterina Sforza (1463), Pope Telesphorus (100), and Pope John III (520).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Propertius ranks 33. Before him are Lorenzo Valla (1407), Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), Ludovico Ariosto (1474), Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Cornelius Nepos (-100), and Pietro Aretino (1492). After him are Tibullus (-50), Elena Ferrante (1943), Ennius (-239), Livius Andronicus (-280), Grazia Deledda (1871), and Statius (40).

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