PHILOSOPHER

Arnobius

255 - 327

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Arnobius (died c. 330) was an early Christian apologist of Berber origin during the reign of Diocletian (284–305). According to Jerome's Chronicle, Arnobius, before his conversion, was a distinguished Numidian rhetorician at Sicca Veneria (El Kef, Tunisia), a major Christian center in Proconsular Africa, and owed his conversion to a premonitory dream. However, Arnobius writes dismissively of dreams in his surviving book. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arnobius is the 460th most popular philosopher (down from 446th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Tunisia (down from 30th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Tunisian Philosopher.

Arnobius is most famous for his "Against the Pagans" which is a polemical work that defends Christianity and attacks paganism.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Arnobius ranks 460 out of 1,267. Before him are Henry Suso, Phaedo of Elis, Murray Bookchin, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Vincent of Beauvais, and Franz Rosenzweig. After him are Themistius, Brunetto Latini, Hegesias of Cyrene, Shantideva, Roger Scruton, and Alasdair MacIntyre.

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Among people born in 255, Arnobius ranks 3. Before him are Pope Marcellus I, and Tiridates III of Armenia. After him is Dorotheus of Tyre. Among people deceased in 327, Arnobius ranks 1. 

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    Arnobius

    PHILOSOPHER

    255 - 327

    HPI: 67.11

    Rank: 1

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In Tunisia

Among people born in Tunisia, Arnobius ranks 33 out of 210. Before him are Moncef Marzouki (1945), Avienus (305), Mohamed Ghannouchi (1941), Hasdrubal the Boetharch (-200), Sabinianus (200), and Hasdrubal the Fair (-270). After him are Azzedine Alaïa (1935), Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah (931), Al-Aziz Billah (955), Sophonisba (-300), Georges Wolinski (1934), and F. R. David (1947).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Tunisia

Among philosophers born in Tunisia, Arnobius ranks 3. Before him are Tertullian (155), and Macrobius (370). After him are Clitomachus (-187), and Pierre Lévy (1956).

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