WRITER

Tibullus

50 BC - 19 BC

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Albius Tibullus (c. 55 BC – c. 19 BC) was a Latin poet and writer of elegies. His first and second books of poetry are extant; many other texts attributed to him are of questionable origins. Little is known about the life of Tibullus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tibullus has received more than 232,954 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Tibullus is the 462nd most popular writer (down from 415th in 2019), the 583rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 538th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Italian Writer.

Tibullus is most famous for his love poems.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tibullus ranks 462 out of 7,302. Before him are Héloïse, Graham Greene, Vasily Grossman, Lesya Ukrainka, Yevgeny Zamyatin, and Léopold Sédar Senghor. After him are Marguerite de Navarre, Saint-John Perse, John Galsworthy, Eyvind Johnson, Margaret Atwood, and Traudl Junge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 50 BC, Tibullus ranks 2. Before him is Propertius. After him are 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 19 BC, Tibullus ranks 2. Before him is Virgil. After him is Dongmyeong of Goguryeo.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Tibullus ranks 583 out of 5,161. Before him are Matilda of Tuscany (1046), Pierluigi Collina (1960), Clara Petacci (1912), Anna Magnani (1908), Giuseppe Farina (1906), and Aldus Manutius (1449). After him are Hiero II of Syracuse (-308), Titus Tatius (-800), Julius Evola (1898), Muzio Clementi (1752), Bona Sforza (1494), and Niccolò dell'Abbate (1512).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Tibullus ranks 40. Before him are Pietro Aretino (1492), Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Giacomo Leopardi (1798), Propertius (-50), Fausto Cercignani (1941), and Salvatore Quasimodo (1901). After him are Livius Andronicus (-280), Alessandro Manzoni (1785), Baldassare Castiglione (1478), Statius (40), Gabriele Amorth (1925), and Aulus Gellius (123).

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