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Titus Pomponius Atticus

110 BC - 32 BC

Titus Pomponius Atticus

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 233,989 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Titus Pomponius Atticus is the 1,016th most popular writer (down from 987th in 2019), the 1,152nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,094th in 2019) and the 83rd 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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230k
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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
30
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Effective Languages (L*)
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Among writers, Titus Pomponius Atticus ranks 1,016 out of 5,755. Before him are Johannes Tauler, Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Comtessa de Dia, Dobrica Ćosić, Tibor Sekelj, and Harry Mulisch. After him are Veronica Franco, James Hadley Chase, Iris Murdoch, Bar Hebraeus, Julien Green, and Derek Walcott.

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HPI: 60.89
Rank: 1,010
Gaius Valerius Flaccus
45 - 95
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 1,011
Comtessa de Dia
1175 - 1225
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 1,012
Dobrica Ćosić
1921 - 2014
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 1,013
Tibor Sekelj
1912 - 1988
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 1,014
Harry Mulisch
1927 - 2010
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 1,015
Titus Pomponius Atticus
110 BC - 32 BC
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 1,016
Veronica Franco
1546 - 1591
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 1,017
James Hadley Chase
1906 - 1985
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 1,018
Iris Murdoch
1919 - 1999
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 1,019
Bar Hebraeus
1226 - 1286
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 1,020
Julien Green
1900 - 1998
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 1,021
Derek Walcott
1930 - 2017
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 1,022

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.