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Titus Pomponius Atticus

110 BC - 32 BC

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Titus Pomponius Atticus (November 110 BC – 31 March 32 BC; later named Quintus Caecilius Pomponianus Atticus) was a Roman editor, banker, and patron of letters, best known for his correspondence and close friendship with prominent Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero. Atticus was from a wealthy Roman family of the equestrian class (lower aristocratic non-ruling class) and from the Pomponia gens. A close friend since childhood, Cicero dedicated his treatise, Laelius de Amicitia (Latin for 'Laelius on Friendship'), to Atticus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Titus Pomponius Atticus has received more than 248,863 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Titus Pomponius Atticus is the 1,062nd most popular writer (down from 1,014th in 2019), the 1,197th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,149th in 2019) and the 87th most popular Italian Writer.

Titus Pomponius Atticus was a Roman senator and the wealthiest man in the Roman Empire. He is most famous for his correspondence with Cicero.

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Among writers, Titus Pomponius Atticus ranks 1,062 out of 7,302. Before him are Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Ernst Barlach, Adalbert Stifter, Ibn Sirin, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Kazi Nazrul Islam. After him are Egeria, Ernst Toller, Valerie Solanas, Sonia Rykiel, Madeleine de Scudéry, and Ilia Chavchavadze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 110 BC, Titus Pomponius Atticus ranks 3. Before him are Hillel the Elder, and Hyrcanus II. After him are Philodemus, Lucius Julius Caesar, and Gaius Calpurnius Piso. Among people deceased in 32 BC, Titus Pomponius Atticus ranks 1. 

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Titus Pomponius Atticus ranks 1,197 out of 5,161. Before him are Raf Vallone (1916), Giuseppe Castiglione (1688), Paolo Gentiloni (1954), Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal (1589), Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany (1663), and Enzo Bearzot (1927). After him are Giorgia Meloni (1977), Andrea Gritti (1455), Maurice Garin (1871), Orcagna (1315), Armando Diaz (1861), and Alessandro Valignano (1539).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Titus Pomponius Atticus ranks 87. Before him are Chiara Lubich (1920), Quintus Tullius Cicero (-102), Vladimir Bartol (1903), Guido Cavalcanti (1258), Persius (34), and Giambattista Marino (1569). After him are Elsa Morante (1912), Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45), Cornelius Gallus (-69), Giovanni Papini (1881), Francesco Maria Piave (1810), and Odoric of Pordenone (1286).

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