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Lucius Varius Rufus
74 BC - 14 BC
Lucius Varius Rufus
Lucius Varius Rufus (; c. 74 – 14 BC) was a Roman poet of the early Augustan age. He was a friend of Virgil, after whose death he and Plotius Tucca prepared the Aeneid for publication, and of Horace, for whom he and Virgil obtained an introduction to Maecenas. Horace spoke of him as a master of epic and the only poet capable of celebrating the achievements of Vipsanius Agrippa (Odes, i.6); Virgil (under the name of Lycidas, Ecl. ix.35) regretted that he had hitherto produced nothing comparable to the work of Varius or Helvius Cinna. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucius Varius Rufus is the 3,354th most popular writer (down from 3,297th in 2019). (down from 2,717th in 2019)
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Among writers, Lucius Varius Rufus ranks 3,354 out of 7,302. Before him are Kafū Nagai, Mike Mentzer, Alexander Bestuzhev, Begum Rokeya, Olena Teliha, and James Rollins. After him are Hendrik Willem van Loon, Ion Heliade Rădulescu, Yulian Semyonov, Ford Madox Ford, Ghada al-Samman, and Pierre Benoit.
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Kafū Nagai
1879 - 1959
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 3,348
Mike Mentzer
1951 - 2001
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 3,349
Alexander Bestuzhev
1797 - 1837
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 3,350
Begum Rokeya
1880 - 1932
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 3,351
Olena Teliha
1906 - 1942
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 3,352
James Rollins
1961 - Present
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 3,353
Lucius Varius Rufus
74 BC - 14 BC
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 3,354
Hendrik Willem van Loon
1882 - 1944
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 3,355
Ion Heliade Rădulescu
1802 - 1872
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 3,356
Yulian Semyonov
1931 - 1993
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 3,357
Ford Madox Ford
1873 - 1939
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 3,358
Ghada al-Samman
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 3,359
Pierre Benoit
1886 - 1962
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 3,360
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Among people born in 74 BC, Lucius Varius Rufus ranks 1. Among people deceased in 14 BC, Lucius Varius Rufus ranks 2. Before him is Propertius.
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Propertius
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50 BC - 14 BC
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 1
Lucius Varius Rufus
WRITER
74 BC - 14 BC
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 2
