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Manetho

201 BC - 160 BC

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Manetho (; Koinē Greek: Μανέθων Manéthōn, gen.: Μανέθωνος, fl. 290–260 BCE) was an Egyptian priest of the Ptolemaic Kingdom who lived in the early third century BCE, at the very beginning of the Hellenistic period. Little is certain about his life. He is known today as the author of a history of Egypt in Greek called the Aegyptiaca (History of Egypt), written during the reign of Ptolemy I Soter or Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285–246 BCE). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Manetho is the 20th most popular historian (down from 14th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 50th in 2019) and the most popular Egyptian Historian.

Manetho is most famous for his Aegyptiaca, which is a history of Egypt.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Manetho ranks 20 out of 561. Before him are Hecataeus of Miletus, Procopius, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Mircea Eliade, Cassius Dio, and Johann Joachim Winckelmann. After him are William of Tyre, Leopold von Ranke, Arrian, Fernand Braudel, Joannes Zonaras, and Arnold J. Toynbee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 201 BC, Manetho ranks 1. After him are Eucleidas, Adherbal, and Sextus Julius Caesar. Among people deceased in 160 BC, Manetho ranks 2. Before him is Kanada. After him are Judas Maccabeus, Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, Hasdrubal the Boetharch, Quintus Servilius Caepio, Lucius Gellius Publicola, Nicomedes III of Bithynia, Nicomedes II of Bithynia, Apollonius of Tralles, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus, and Agathokleia.

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    Manetho

    HISTORIAN

    201 BC - 160 BC

    HPI: 75.91

    Rank: 1

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    Eucleidas

    POLITICIAN

    201 BC - 222 BC

    HPI: 63.28

    Rank: 2

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    Adherbal

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    201 BC - Present

    HPI: 61.46

    Rank: 3

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    Sextus Julius Caesar

    POLITICIAN

    201 BC - Present

    HPI: 55.74

    Rank: 4

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Manetho ranks 59 out of 642. Before him are Ahmose I (-1560), Sneferu (-2700), Thutmose I (-1600), Pope Alexander I of Alexandria (250), Eli Cohen (1924), and Cleopatra III of Egypt (-161). After him are Cleopatra Selene II (-40), Seqenenre Tao (-1600), Shoshenq I (-1000), Wazner (-3500), Ptolemy VI Philometor (-184), and Apollonius of Rhodes (-295).

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Among HISTORIANS In Egypt

Among historians born in Egypt, Manetho ranks 1. After him are Eric Hobsbawm (1917), Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani (1372), Theophylact Simocatta (580), Al-Maqrizi (1364), H. A. R. Gibb (1895), Yahya of Antioch (980), Al-Nuwayri (1279), and Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1754).

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