86 BC - 34 BC
Gaius Sallustius Crispus, usually anglicised as Sallust (, SAL-əst; 86 – c. 35 BC), was a Roman historian and politician from a plebeian family. Probably born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines, Sallust became a partisan of Julius Caesar (100 to 44 BC), circa 50s BC. He is the earliest known Latin-language Roman historian with surviving works to his name, of which Conspiracy of Catiline (on the eponymous conspiracy), The Jugurthine War (on the eponymous war), and the Histories (of which only fragments survive) remain extant. As a writer, Sallust was primarily influenced by the works of the 5th-century BC Greek historian Thucydides. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sallust has received more than 583,542 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Sallust is the 244th most popular writer, the 314th most popular biography from Italy (down from 306th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Italian Writer.
Sallust is most famous for his work, The Jugurthine War, which is a history of the war between Rome and King Jugurtha of Numidia.
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Among writers, Sallust ranks 244 out of 5,755. Before him are Coen brothers, Torquato Tasso, Doris Lessing, Nelly Sachs, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, and Jacob Grimm. After him are J. K. Rowling, Germaine de Staël, Bram Stoker, Christine de Pizan, Roald Dahl, and Walt Whitman.
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 238
1544 - 1595
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 239
1919 - 2013
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 240
1891 - 1970
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 241
1201 - 1274
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 242
1785 - 1863
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 243
86 BC - 34 BC
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 244
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 245
1766 - 1817
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 246
1847 - 1912
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 247
1365 - 1430
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 248
1916 - 1990
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 249
1819 - 1892
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 250
Among people born in 86 BC, Sallust ranks 1. After him are Publius Licinius Crassus and Antiochus I Theos of Commagene. Among people deceased in 34 BC, Sallust ranks 1. After him is Lucius Scribonius Libo.
86 BC - 34 BC
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 1
86 BC - 53 BC
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 2
86 BC - 38 BC
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 3
Among people born in Italy, Sallust ranks 314 out of 4,668. Before him are Pope Benedict IX (1012), Pope John XIX (975), Monica Bellucci (1964), Roberto Rossellini (1906), Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (1751), and Pope Gregory IV (790). After him are Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1519), Pope Sixtus I (42), Giuliano de' Medici (1453), Vittore Carpaccio (1465), Pope Celestine I (400), and Pope Gelasius II (1062).
1012 - 1055
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 308
975 - 1032
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 309
1964 - Present
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 310
1906 - 1977
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 311
1751 - 1825
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 312
790 - 844
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 313
86 BC - 34 BC
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 314
1519 - 1574
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 315
42 - 124
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 316
1453 - 1478
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 317
1465 - 1526
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 318
400 - 432
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 319
1062 - 1119
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 320
Among writers born in Italy, Sallust ranks 19. Before him are Catullus (-84), Guillaume Apollinaire (1880), Pliny the Younger (61), Juvenal (50), Luigi Pirandello (1867), and Torquato Tasso (1544). After him are Christine de Pizan (1365), Dario Fo (1926), Carlo Goldoni (1707), Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), Eugenio Montale (1896), and Primo Levi (1919).
84 BC - 54 BC
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 13
1880 - 1918
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 14
61 - 113
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 15
50 - 200
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 16
1867 - 1936
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 17
1544 - 1595
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 18
86 BC - 34 BC
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 19
1365 - 1430
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 20
1926 - 2016
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 21
1707 - 1793
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 22
116 BC - 27 BC
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 23
1896 - 1981
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 24
1919 - 1987
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 25