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Virgil

70 BC - 19 BC

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Publius Vergilius Maro (Classical Latin: [ˈpuːbliʊs wɛrˈɡɪliʊs ˈmaroː]; traditional dates 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 5,183,806 page views. His biography is available in 159 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 155 in 2019). Virgil is the 14th most popular writer (up from 18th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Italy (up from 23rd 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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  • 5.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 85.91

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  • 159

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Virgil ranks 14 out of 5,755. Before him are Voltaire, Edgar Allan Poe, Sophocles, Leo Tolstoy, Franz Kafka, and Victor Hugo. After him are Aesop, Jules Verne, Miguel de Cervantes, Jean-Paul Sartre, Ovid, and Molière.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 70 BC, Virgil ranks 1. After him are Publius Cornelius Dolabella and Scribonia. 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 17 out of 4,668. Before him are Antonio Vivaldi (1678), Niccolò Machiavelli (1469), Thomas Aquinas (1225), Benito Mussolini (1883), Giuseppe Verdi (1813), and Cicero (-106). After him are Commodus (161), Giordano Bruno (1548), Francis of Assisi (1182), Amerigo Vespucci (1454), Caravaggio (1571), and Nero (37).

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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 Ovid (-43), Petrarch (1304), Giovanni Boccaccio (1313), Horace (-65), Umberto Eco (1932), Giacomo Casanova (1725), Giorgio Vasari (1511), Cato the Elder (-243), Plautus (-254), and Carlo Collodi (1826).

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