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Virgil

70 BC - 19 BC

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Publius Vergilius Maro (Classical Latin: [ˈpuːbliʊs wɛrˈɡɪliʊs ˈmaroː]; 15 October 70 BC – 21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( VUR-jil) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Virgil has received more than 5,622,277 page views. His biography is available in 169 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 159 in 2019). Virgil is the 17th most popular writer (down from 14th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Italy (down from 17th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Writer.

Virgil is most famous for his epic poem, the Aeneid, which tells the story of Aeneas, a Trojan prince who flees the burning city of Troy and travels to Italy, where he becomes the ancestor of the Romans.

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  • 84.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 169

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Virgil ranks 17 out of 7,302. Before him are Leo Tolstoy, Victor Hugo, Sophocles, Franz Kafka, Miguel de Cervantes, and Jules Verne. After him are Albert Camus, Molière, Anton Chekhov, Petrarch, Honoré de Balzac, and Aesop.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 70 BC, Virgil ranks 1. After him are Orodes II, Scribonia, Publius Cornelius Dolabella, and Junia Tertia. Among people deceased in 19 BC, Virgil ranks 1. After him are Tibullus, and Dongmyeong of Goguryeo.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Virgil ranks 19 out of 5,161. Before him are Giuseppe Verdi (1813), Commodus (161), Thomas Aquinas (1225), Benito Mussolini (1883), Cicero (-106), and Giordano Bruno (1548). After him are Francis of Assisi (1182), Nero (37), Caravaggio (1571), Petrarch (1304), Amerigo Vespucci (1454), and Ovid (-43).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Virgil ranks 2. Before him are Dante Alighieri (1265). After him are Petrarch (1304), Ovid (-43), Giovanni Boccaccio (1313), Horace (-65), Giacomo Casanova (1725), Umberto Eco (1932), Giorgio Vasari (1511), Guillaume Apollinaire (1880), Plautus (-254), and Cato the Elder (-243).

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