100 BC - 100
Valerius Maximus () was a 1st-century Latin writer and author of a collection of historical anecdotes: Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX ("Nine books of memorable deeds and sayings", also known as De factis dictisque memorabilibus or Facta et dicta memorabilia). He worked during the reign of Tiberius (14 AD to 37 AD). During the Middle Ages, Valerius Maximus was one of the most copied Latin prose authors, second only to Priscian. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valerius Maximus has received more than 171,138 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Valerius Maximus is the 947th most popular writer (down from 893rd in 2019), the 1,059th most popular biography from Italy (down from 976th in 2019) and the 76th most popular Italian Writer.
Valerius Maximus was a Roman historian and moral philosopher who wrote "Memorable Deeds and Sayings."
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Among writers, Valerius Maximus ranks 947 out of 5,794. Before him are Jamal Khashoggi, Marie d'Agoult, Aziz Nesin, Vicente Aleixandre, Eleanor Marx, and Irwin Shaw. After him are Kurt Eisner, Guido Cavalcanti, Bernard Cornwell, Christoph Martin Wieland, Harry Mulisch, and Roger Zelazny.
1958 - 2018
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 941
1805 - 1876
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 942
1915 - 1995
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 943
1898 - 1984
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 944
1855 - 1898
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 945
1913 - 1984
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 946
100 BC - 100
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 947
1867 - 1919
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 948
1258 - 1300
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 949
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 950
1733 - 1813
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 951
1927 - 2010
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 952
1937 - 1995
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 953
Among people born in 100 BC, Valerius Maximus ranks 22. Before him are Antipater the Idumaean, Mary of Clopas, Publilius Syrus, Titus Labienus, Judas of Galilee, and Artavasdes II of Armenia. After him are Antigonus II Mattathias, Cleopatra V of Egypt, Phraates V, Marcus Antistius Labeo, Vonones I, and Alexander Polyhistor. Among people deceased in 100, Valerius Maximus ranks 37. Before him are Lydia of Thyatira, Mary of Bethany, Mary the Jewess, Judas of Galilee, Locusta, and Philip the Evangelist. After him are Agabus, Ananias of Damascus, Agrippa the Skeptic, Gaius Julius Civilis, Joanna, wife of Chuza, and Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder.
100 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 16
100 BC - 1
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 17
100 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 18
100 BC - 45 BC
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 19
100 BC - 100
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 20
100 BC - 31 BC
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 21
100 BC - 100
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 22
100 BC - 37 BC
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 23
100 BC - 57 BC
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 24
100 BC - 4
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 25
100 BC - 10
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 26
100 BC - 19
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 27
100 BC - 75 BC
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 28
100 - 100
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 31
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 32
100 - 100
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 33
100 BC - 100
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 34
1 - 100
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 35
100 - 100
HPI: 70.51
Rank: 36
100 BC - 100
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 37
100 - 100
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 38
100 - 100
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 39
100 - 100
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 40
25 - 100
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 41
1 - 100
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 42
30 - 100
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 43
Among people born in Italy, Valerius Maximus ranks 1,059 out of 4,088. Before him are Niccolò dell'Abbate (1512), Eugenio Montale (1896), Liutprand of Cremona (922), Raf Vallone (1916), Charles III, Duke of Parma (1823), and Sergio Corbucci (1926). After him are Guido Cavalcanti (1258), Aurelia Cotta (-120), Giuseppe Guarneri (1698), Claudia Felicitas of Austria (1653), Antonio Tabucchi (1943), and Sebastian Cabot (1484).
1512 - 1571
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 1,053
1896 - 1981
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 1,054
922 - 972
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 1,055
1916 - 2002
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 1,056
1823 - 1854
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 1,057
1926 - 1990
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 1,058
100 BC - 100
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 1,059
1258 - 1300
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 1,060
120 BC - 54 BC
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 1,061
1698 - 1744
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 1,062
1653 - 1676
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 1,063
1943 - 2012
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 1,064
1484 - 1557
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 1,065
Among writers born in Italy, Valerius Maximus ranks 76. Before him are Rustichello da Pisa (1290), Giambattista Marino (1569), Stesichorus (-630), Veronica Franco (1546), Ibycus (-600), and Eugenio Montale (1896). After him are Guido Cavalcanti (1258), Antonio Tabucchi (1943), Gerard of Cremona (1114), Natalia Ginzburg (1916), Titus Pomponius Atticus (-110), and Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45).
1290 - 1400
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 70
1569 - 1625
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 71
630 BC - 555 BC
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 72
1546 - 1591
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 73
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 74
1896 - 1981
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 75
100 BC - 100
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 76
1258 - 1300
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 77
1943 - 2012
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 78
1114 - 1187
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 79
1916 - 1991
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 80
110 BC - 32 BC
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 81
45 - 95
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 82