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Maurus Servius Honoratus

363 - 301

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Servius, distinguished as Servius the Grammarian (Latin: Servius or Seruius Grammaticus), was a late fourth-century and early fifth-century grammarian. He earned a contemporary reputation as the most learned man of his generation in Italy; he authored a set of commentaries on the works of Virgil. These works, In Tria Virgilii Opera Expositio ("Exposition on Three Works of Virgil"), Commentarii in Virgilium ("Commentaries on Virgil"), Commentarii in Vergilii Opera ("Commentaries on the Works of Vergil"), or Vergilii Carmina Commentarii ("Commentaries on the Poems of Virgil"), constituted the first incunable to be printed at Florence, by Bernardo Cennini, in 1471. In the Saturnalia of Macrobius, Servius appears as one of the interlocutors; allusions in that work and a letter from Symmachus to Servius indicate that he was not a convert to Christianity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maurus Servius Honoratus is the 762nd most popular writer (up from 1,230th in 2019), the 949th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,339th in 2019) and the 68th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among writers, Maurus Servius Honoratus ranks 762 out of 7,302. Before him are Cao Xueqin, Ibn Hawqal, Theognis of Megara, Dio Chrysostom, Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, and Arto Paasilinna. After him are Harry Mulisch, V. S. Naipaul, Charles Maurras, Neal Cassady, Bernhard Schlink, and Ban Gu.

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Among people born in 363, Maurus Servius Honoratus ranks 1. After him are Emperor Wu of Song, and Palladius of Galatia. Among people deceased in 301, Maurus Servius Honoratus ranks 1. After him are Asanga, Sima Lun, Hripsime, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius, Julius Obsequens, and Marina Severa.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Maurus Servius Honoratus ranks 949 out of 5,161. Before him are Sandro Mazzola (1942), Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (-84), Francesco Primaticcio (1504), Maximilian Sforza (1493), Clementia of Hungary (1293), and Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus (-3). After him are Francesco Cossiga (1928), Giovanni Gentile (1875), Niccolò Piccinni (1728), Fausta (289), Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1810), and John William Waterhouse (1849).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Maurus Servius Honoratus ranks 68. Before him are Cassiodorus (487), Epicharmus of Kos (-524), Pietro Bembo (1470), Emilio Salgari (1862), Natalia Ginzburg (1916), and Theognis of Megara (-570). After him are Arrigo Boito (1842), Valerius Maximus (-100), Gnaeus Naevius (-275), Cesare Pavese (1908), Gerard of Cremona (1114), and Elsa Morante (1912).

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