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Titus Pomponius Atticus

110 BC - 32 BC

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Titus Pomponius Atticus (November 110 BC – 31 March 32 BC; later named Quintus Caecilius Pomponianus Atticus) was a Roman editor, banker, and patron of letters, best known for his correspondence and close friendship with prominent Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero. Atticus was from a wealthy Roman family of the equestrian class (lower aristocratic non-ruling class) and from the Pomponia gens. A close friend since childhood, Cicero dedicated his treatise, Laelius de Amicitia (Latin for 'Laelius on Friendship'), to Atticus. Their correspondence, often written in subtle code to disguise their political observations, is preserved in Epistulae ad Atticum (Letters to Atticus) compiled by Tiro, Cicero's slave (later his freedman) and personal secretary. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Titus Pomponius Atticus is the 609th most popular writer (up from 1,061st in 2019), the 770th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,197th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Italian Writer.

Titus Pomponius Atticus was a Roman senator and the wealthiest man in the Roman Empire. He is most famous for his correspondence with Cicero.

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Among writers, Titus Pomponius Atticus ranks 609 out of 7,302. Before him are Kazuo Ishiguro, Ausonius, Lion Feuchtwanger, Bert Hellinger, Ellen G. White, and Dino Buzzati. After him are Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Ludwig Tieck, Sei Shōnagon, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Amin Maalouf, and Aulus Gellius.

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Among people born in 110 BC, Titus Pomponius Atticus ranks 1. After him are Hillel the Elder, Hyrcanus II, Philodemus, Lucius Julius Caesar, and Gaius Calpurnius Piso. Among people deceased in 32 BC, Titus Pomponius Atticus ranks 1. 

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Titus Pomponius Atticus ranks 770 out of 5,161. Before him are Franco Baresi (1960), Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723), Gianni Agnelli (1921), Arnolfo di Cambio (1240), Prince Napoléon Bonaparte (1822), and Dino Buzzati (1906). After him are Angela Merici (1474), Luca Giordano (1634), Faustina the Younger (125), Gianluigi Buffon (1978), Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (-229), and Aulus Gellius (123).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Titus Pomponius Atticus ranks 47. Before him are Statius (40), Alessandro Manzoni (1785), Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Tibullus (-50), Salvatore Quasimodo (1901), and Dino Buzzati (1906). After him are Aulus Gellius (123), Poliziano (1454), Gabriele Amorth (1925), Giambattista Basile (1566), Eugenio Montale (1896), and Giacomo Leopardi (1798).

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