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Eunapius

349 - 420

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Eunapius (Greek: Εὐνάπιος; c. 347 - c. 420) was a Greek sophist, rhetorician, and historian from Sardis in the region of Lydia in Asia Minor. His principal surviving work is the Lives of Philosophers and Sophists (Ancient Greek: Βίοι Φιλοσόφων καὶ Σοφιστῶν; Latin: Vitae sophistarum), a collection of the biographies of 24 philosophers and sophists. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eunapius is the 94th most popular historian (up from 98th in 2019), the 476th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 473rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Turkish Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Eunapius ranks 94 out of 561. Before him are Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, Georges Duby, Al-Maqrizi, Hermann Alexander Diels, George Kedrenos, and Sozomen. After him are Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, Flavio Biondo, Tyrannius Rufinus, Sextus Julius Africanus, Andrea Alciato, and Emmanuel Todd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 349, Eunapius ranks 2. Before him is John Chrysostom.  Among people deceased in 420, Eunapius ranks 7. Before him are Kālidāsa, Jerome, Orosius, Pelagius, Porphyry of Gaza, and Sulpicius Severus. After him are Jeonji of Baekje, Shapur IV, and Castinus.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Eunapius ranks 476 out of 1,347. Before him are Astyanax (null), Menaechmus (-375), Emine Erdoğan (1955), Aretaeus of Cappadocia (100), Euthymius the Great (377), and Latife Uşşaki (1898). After him are Bohemond III of Antioch (1144), John Tzetzes (1110), Sophia (530), Tervel of Bulgaria (675), Eumenes I (-250), and Ayşe Sultan (1605).

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Among HISTORIANS In Türkiye

Among historians born in Türkiye, Eunapius ranks 12. Before him are Socrates of Constantinople (380), Niketas Choniates (1155), Libanius (314), Ephorus (-400), Eutropius (320), and George Kedrenos (1100). After him are Agatharchides (-208), Leo the Deacon (950), John Kinnamos (1143), Philostorgius (368), Michael Attaleiates (1021), and Matthew of Edessa (1100).

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