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Statius

40 - 96

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Publius Papinius Statius (Greek: Πόπλιος Παπίνιος Στάτιος; , Latin: [ˈstaːtiʊs]; c. 45 – c. 96) was a Latin poet of the 1st century CE. His surviving poetry includes an epic in twelve books, the Thebaid; a collection of occasional poetry, the Silvae; and an unfinished epic, the Achilleid. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Statius has received more than 316,127 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Statius is the 510th most popular writer (down from 477th in 2019), the 646th most popular biography from Italy (down from 593rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular Italian Writer.

Statius is most famous for his epic poem, Thebaid.

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  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Statius ranks 510 out of 7,302Before him are Baldassare Castiglione, Philip Larkin, Anthony Burgess, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Anaïs Nin, and Robert A. Heinlein. After him are Alfred Jarry, Camille Flammarion, Gabriele Amorth, Isaac Babel, Aulus Gellius, and Tom Clancy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 40, Statius ranks 4Before him are Pope Clement I, Pedanius Dioscorides, and Martial. After him are Claudia Octavia, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Dio Chrysostom, Lucius Licinius Sura, and Lucius Flavius Silva. Among people deceased in 96, Statius ranks 4Before him are Domitian, Quintilian, and Joseph of Arimathea.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Statius ranks 646 out of 5,161Before him are Giorgio Agamben (1942), Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507), Luca Signorelli (1450), Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549), Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (1701), and Luigi Riva (1944). After him are Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (1685), Galeazzo Ciano (1903), Francesco Redi (1626), Giovanni Gabrieli (1557), Bernardo Provenzano (1933), and Desiderius (710).

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Statius ranks 44Before him are Fausto Cercignani (1941), Salvatore Quasimodo (1901), Tibullus (-50), Livius Andronicus (-280), Alessandro Manzoni (1785), and Baldassare Castiglione (1478). After him are Gabriele Amorth (1925), Aulus Gellius (123), Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749), Eugenio Montale (1896), Dino Buzzati (1906), and Cassiodorus (487).