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Gaius Asinius Pollio

76 BC - 4

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Gaius Asinius Pollio (75 BC – AD 4) was a Roman soldier, politician, orator, poet, playwright, literary critic, and historian, whose lost contemporaneous history provided much of the material used by the historians Appian and Plutarch. Pollio was most famously a patron of Virgil and a friend of Horace and poems to him were dedicated by both men. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gaius Asinius Pollio is the 966th most popular writer (up from 1,253rd in 2019), the 1,129th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,371st in 2019) and the 83rd most popular Italian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gaius Asinius Pollio ranks 966 out of 7,302. Before him are Silius Italicus, John Updike, Panait Istrati, Juliette Récamier, John Fante, and Benito Pérez Galdós. After him are Frank Wedekind, Aimé Césaire, Cormac McCarthy, Ambrose Bierce, Raymond Carver, and Venantius Fortunatus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 76 BC, Gaius Asinius Pollio ranks 2. Before him is Julia.  Among people deceased in 4, Gaius Asinius Pollio ranks 3. Before him are Gaius Caesar, and Hyeokgeose of Silla. After him are Nicolaus of Damascus, and Phraates V.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gaius Asinius Pollio ranks 1,129 out of 5,161. Before him are Ferdinand II of Naples (1467), Drusus Julius Caesar (-13), Maria Teresa of Savoy (1803), Constantina (325), Francesco Melzi (1491), and Paolo Gentiloni (1954). After him are Renato Martino (1932), Archduke John of Austria (1782), Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826), Hiero I of Syracuse (-600), Bartolus de Saxoferrato (1313), and Venantius Fortunatus (530).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Gaius Asinius Pollio ranks 83. Before him are Andrea Camilleri (1925), Gaius Lucilius (-180), Guido Cavalcanti (1258), Marie Mancini (1639), Italo Svevo (1861), and Lucius Accius (-170). After him are Venantius Fortunatus (530), Giambattista Marino (1569), Persius (34), Tavo Burat (1932), Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1427), and Quintus Tullius Cicero (-102).

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