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Nigidius Figulus

98 BC - 45 BC

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Publius Nigidius Figulus (c. 98 – 45 BC) was a scholar of the Late Roman Republic and one of the praetors for 58 BC. He was a friend of Cicero, to whom he gave his support at the time of the Catilinarian conspiracy. Nigidius sided with the Optimates in the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompeius Magnus. Among his contemporaries, Nigidius's reputation for learning was second only to that of Varro. Even in his own time, his works were regarded as often abstruse, perhaps because of their esoteric Pythagoreanism, into which Nigidius incorporated Stoic elements. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nigidius Figulus is the 2,394th most popular writer (down from 2,049th in 2019), the 2,301st most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,057th in 2019) and the 154th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among writers, Nigidius Figulus ranks 2,394 out of 7,302. Before him are Vítězslav Nezval, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Tian Han, Gertrud von Le Fort, Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, and André Frossard. After him are Gulbadan Begum, Ernst Robert Curtius, John Marston, Paul Adam, Kyōka Izumi, and Vasily Aksyonov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 98 BC, Nigidius Figulus ranks 1. After him are Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, and Terentia. Among people deceased in 45 BC, Nigidius Figulus ranks 5. Before him are Gnaeus Pompeius, Titus Labienus, Clodia Pulchra, and Quintus Fabius Maximus. After him is Marcus Claudius Marcellus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Nigidius Figulus ranks 2,301 out of 5,161. Before him are Massimo Girotti (1918), Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1817), Franco Causio (1949), Spurius Cassius Viscellinus (-540), Demetrio Albertini (1971), and Benedetto da Maiano (1442). After him are Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme (1872), Bartolomeo Montagna (1450), Folco Lulli (1912), Gaspar del Bufalo (1786), Margherita Hack (1922), and Cristoforo Buondelmonti (1385).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Nigidius Figulus ranks 154. Before him are Giuseppe Giacosa (1847), Dacia Maraini (1936), Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark (1939), Duris of Samos (-340), Corax of Syracuse (-500), and Guido Guinizelli (1230). After him are Lucilius Junior (6), Indro Montanelli (1909), Sophron (-500), Umberto Saba (1883), Michele Ruggieri (1543), and Luigi Alamanni (1495).

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