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Appian

95 - 165

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Appiano di Alessandria (in greco antico: Ἀππιανὸς Ἀλεξανδρεύς?, Appianòs Alexandreýs; in latino Appianus Alexandrinus; Alessandria d'Egitto, 95 circa – 165 circa) è stato uno storico greco antico del periodo romano, vissuto durante i regni di Traiano, Adriano e Antonino Pio. Visse in Egitto e a Roma, fu avvocato ed ottenne la carica di procuratore nella provincia d'Alessandria ed Egitto. Leggi di più su Wikipedia

His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia. Appian is the 381st most popular scrittore (down from 307th in 2024), the 74th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 63rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Egyptian Scrittore.

Appian is most famous for his "History of Rome" which is a history of the Roman Republic.

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Among Scrittores

Among scrittores, Appian ranks 381 out of 7,302Before him are Lorenzo Valla, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Salman Rushdie, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Margaret Mitchell. After him are Karl May, Sayyid Qutb, Constantine P. Cavafy, Alphonse de Lamartine, Ali-Shir Nava'i, and Julio Cortázar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 95, Appian ranks 1After him is Narcissus of Jerusalem. Among people deceased in 165, Appian ranks 2Before him is Justin Martyr. After him are Taejodae of Goguryeo, Felicitas of Rome, and Chadae of Goguryeo.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Appian ranks 74 out of 642Before him are Sextus Empiricus (160), Tiye (-1398), Ayman al-Zawahiri (1951), Mary of Egypt (344), Ptolemy VIII Physcon (-182), and Arsinoe III of Egypt (-246). After him are Sayyid Qutb (1906), Saint Apollonia (110), Constantine P. Cavafy (1863), Cleopatra IV of Egypt (-138), Fuad I of Egypt (1868), and Berenice III of Egypt (-120).

Among Scrittores In Egypt

Among scrittores born in Egypt, Appian ranks 3Before him are Naguib Mahfouz (1911), and Apollonius of Rhodes (-295). After him are Sayyid Qutb (1906), Constantine P. Cavafy (1863), Athenaeus (200), Lactantius (250), Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876), Claudian (370), Nonnus (500), Dionysius Thrax (-170), and Pope Dionysius of Alexandria (190).

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