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Livius Andronicus

280 BC - 200 BC

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His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia. Livius Andronicus is the 405th most popular writer (up from 473rd in 2024), the 573rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 595th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Italian Writer.

Livius Andronicus is most famous for being the first person to write a play in Latin. He wrote the play "The Trojan Women" which was about the Trojan War.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Livius Andronicus ranks 405 out of 7,302Before him are Frank Herbert, William Wordsworth, Verner von Heidenstam, Ghalib, Graham Greene, and Susan Sontag. After him are Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Wilhelm Grimm, Jorge Amado, W. B. Yeats, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, and Ahmad ibn Fadlan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 280 BC, Livius Andronicus ranks 3Before him are Han Fei, and Li Si. After him are Philo of Byzantium, Arsaces I of Parthia, Conon of Samos, Ariamnes of Cappadocia, Pyrrhus II of Epirus, Nicomedes, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. Among people deceased in 200 BC, Livius Andronicus ranks 1After him are Gentius, Lucius Mummius Achaicus, Leonidas of Rhodes, Mithridates III of Pontus, Moschus, Wiman of Gojoseon, Horwennefer, Gnaeus Manlius Vulso, Gaius Laelius, Gaius Terentius Varro, and Ankhwennefer.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Livius Andronicus ranks 573 out of NaNBefore him are Carlo Gesualdo (1566), Pope Benedict V (930), Giuseppe Farina (1906), Pope Stephen II (715), Lambert of Italy (880), and Scribonia (-70). After him are Publius Cornelius Scipio (-260), Filippino Lippi (1457), Lucius Aelius (101), Louis II of Italy (825), Bohemond I of Antioch (1054), and Alcmaeon of Croton (-510).

Among Writers In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Livius Andronicus ranks 35Before him are Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), Theocritus (-315), Lorenzo Valla (1407), Cornelius Nepos (-100), Elena Ferrante (1943), and Giosuè Carducci (1835). After him are Pietro Aretino (1492), Ennius (-239), Propertius (-50), Fausto Cercignani (1941), Baldassare Castiglione (1478), and Statius (40).

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