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Quintus Fabius Pictor

254 BC - 201 BC

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Quintus Fabius Pictor (born c. 270 BC, fl. c. 215–200 BC) was the earliest known Roman historian. His history, written in Greek and now mostly lost besides some surviving fragments, was highly influential on ancient writers and certainly participated in introducing Greek historiographical methods to the Roman world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Quintus Fabius Pictor has received more than 123,903 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Quintus Fabius Pictor is the 1,350th most popular writer (down from 1,230th in 2019), the 1,489th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,358th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular Italian Writer.

Quintus Fabius Pictor is most famous for being a Roman historian. He is also known for being the first Roman historian to write about the Punic Wars.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Quintus Fabius Pictor ranks 1,350 out of 7,302. Before him are Nadezhda Mandelstam, Adalberon, Edith Södergran, Georgi Markov, Abu Tammam, and Ignazio Silone. After him are Mukhtar Auezov, Nikolaus Lenau, Xavier de Maistre, Jean M. Auel, Robert de Montesquiou, and Rudolf Erich Raspe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 254 BC, Quintus Fabius Pictor ranks 2. Before him is Plautus. After him is Machanidas. Among people deceased in 201 BC, Quintus Fabius Pictor ranks 2. Before him is Gnaeus Naevius. After him is Gaius Atilius Regulus Serranus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Quintus Fabius Pictor ranks 1,489 out of 5,161. Before him are Saint Chrysogonus (250), Fabrizio De André (1940), Felice Gimondi (1942), Gian Maria Visconti (1388), Ignazio Silone (1900), and Francesco Crispi (1818). After him are Bernardino Ramazzini (1633), Domenico di Pace Beccafumi (1486), Julia Flavia (64), Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (1898), Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte (1815), and Antipope Benedict X (1048).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Quintus Fabius Pictor ranks 103. Before him are Vittorio Alfieri (1749), Claudio Magris (1939), Gaius Asinius Pollio (-76), Matteo Bandello (1484), Ubertino of Casale (1259), and Ignazio Silone (1900). After him are Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1427), Enzo of Sardinia (1220), Thomas of Celano (1185), Jacopo Sannazaro (1458), Catherine of Bologna (1413), and Asconius Pedianus (-9).

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