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Cornelius Nepos

100 BC - 25 BC

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Cornelius Nepos (; c. 110 BC – c. 25 BC) was a Roman biographer. He was born at Hostilia, a village in Cisalpine Gaul not far from Verona. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cornelius Nepos is the 389th most popular writer (down from 382nd in 2019), the 555th most popular biography from Italy (down from 501st in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Italian Writer.

Cornelius Nepos was a Roman historian who is most famous for his biographies of famous people.

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Among writers, Cornelius Nepos ranks 389 out of 7,302. Before him are Sayyid Qutb, Constantine P. Cavafy, Alphonse de Lamartine, Ali-Shir Nava'i, Julio Cortázar, and Auguste Escoffier. After him are Elena Ferrante, Sylvia Plath, Paul Éluard, Octavio Paz, Enheduanna, and Joseph Roth.

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Among people born in 100 BC, Cornelius Nepos ranks 13. Before him are Lazarus of Bethany, Joachim, Gaius Octavius, Simon of Cyrene, Mary of Clopas, and Herodias. After him are Cleopatra V of Egypt, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica, Gamaliel, Andronicus of Rhodes, Zebedee, and Artabanus II of Parthia. Among people deceased in 25 BC, Cornelius Nepos ranks 1. After him are Alexander Helios, Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, and Amyntas of Galatia.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Cornelius Nepos ranks 555 out of 5,161. Before him are Gaius Julius Caesar (-135), Giulietta Masina (1921), Roberto Baggio (1967), Francis I of the Two Sicilies (1777), Muzio Clementi (1752), and Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (1492). After him are Pope Agapetus I (490), Lavinia Fontana (1552), Elena Ferrante (1943), Antonello da Messina (1430), Giosuè Carducci (1835), and Carlo Ponti (1912).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Cornelius Nepos ranks 32. Before him are Alberto Moravia (1907), Christine de Pizan (1365), Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896), Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), Theocritus (-315), and Lorenzo Valla (1407). After him are Elena Ferrante (1943), Giosuè Carducci (1835), Livius Andronicus (-280), Pietro Aretino (1492), Ennius (-239), and Propertius (-50).

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