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Timaeus

350 BC - 260 BC

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Timaeus of Tauromenium (Ancient Greek: Τιμαῖος; born 356 or 350 BC; died c. 260 BC) was an ancient Greek historian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Timaeus has received more than 81,703 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Timaeus is the 90th most popular historian (down from 81st in 2019), the 1,314th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,199th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Italian Historian.

Timaeus is most famous for his discourse on the nature of the cosmos, which he divides into two parts. The first part is about the creation of the cosmos and the second part is about the nature of the cosmos.

Memorability Metrics

  • 82k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Timaeus ranks 90 out of 561. Before him are Georges Duby, Julius Wellhausen, Erich Auerbach, George Ostrogorsky, Al-Waqidi, and Hermann Alexander Diels. After him are Yuval Noah Harari, George Kedrenos, Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, Vasily Bartold, Tyrannius Rufinus, and Shoqan Walikhanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 350 BC, Timaeus ranks 7. Before him are Euclid, Cassander, Demetrius of Phalerum, Hipparchia of Maroneia, Megasthenes, and Perdiccas III of Macedon. After him are Parysatis II, Bagoas, Alexander II of Macedon, Dicaearchus, Agis III, and Archestratus. Among people deceased in 260 BC, Timaeus ranks 5. Before him are Theocritus, Menippus, Sostratus of Cnidus, and Zenodotus. After him are Hanno the Great, Euthydemus I, Gaius Claudius Nero, Timocharis, Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, Marcus Livius Salinator, and Quintus Caecilius Metellus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Timaeus ranks 1,314 out of 5,161. Before him are Cennino Cennini (1360), Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg (1328), Rodolfo Gucci (1912), Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746), Antipope Felix II (300), and Marino Faliero (1274). After him are Milo Manara (1945), Anna d'Este (1531), Dion of Syracuse (-409), Lucius Munatius Plancus (-87), Bernabò Visconti (1323), and Frederick of Naples (1451).

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Among HISTORIANS In Italy

Among historians born in Italy, Timaeus ranks 11. Before him are Leonardo Bruni (1370), Marcus Velleius Paterculus (-19), Francesco Guicciardini (1483), Poggio Bracciolini (1380), Carlo Ginzburg (1939), and Flavio Biondo (1388). After him are Tyrannius Rufinus (345), Andrea Alciato (1492), Peter Martyr d'Anghiera (1457), Martino Martini (1614), Philistus (-430), and Antiochus of Syracuse (-450).

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