Avienius

Latin writer and one of the most prolific producer of didactic poetry in late antiquity

Person human Q366793

Facts

22 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[12]
Date of birth: 305
Date of death: 375
Place of birth: Bolsena
Country of citizenship: Ancient Rome^[7]
Occupation: poet, writer
Position held: proconsul^[8]
Notable work: Ora Maritima, Aratea, Paraphrase of Livy^[9]^[10]^[11]
Child: Festus^[6]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Latin^[21]
Cognomen: Festus^[24]
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired^[27]
Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Pauly–Wissowa, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]
Floruit: 400^[14]
Gens: Aviena gens^[25]
Nomen gentilicium: Avienus^[23]
P14536: 429744
P14611: 129405
Said to be the same as: Postumius Rufius Festus Avienus^[13]
Time period: Low Roman Empire^[22]
Writing language: Latin^[26]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 91

ISNI: 0000000442457666
VIAF cluster ID: 313404554
Library of Congress authority ID: n82144559
GND ID: 11881060X
American Academy in Rome ID: 10162237
Auñamendi ID: 16697
BHCL UUID: 3e344265-5630-4b72-8b64-3dbd78c17cf3
BIBSYS ID: 95000296
BVMC person ID: 21606
Biblioteca Iglesia Nacional Española en Roma ID: 44934
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 11889659t
Biblissima authority ID: Paul van Zeeland

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CANTIC ID: 981058513227706706
CIRIS author ID: 351
CONOR.BG ID: 7658597
CONOR.SI ID: 322316131
Catalogue of the Capitular Library of Verona author ID: 4322
CiNii Research ID: 1140845216742656896
Clavis Historicorum Antiquitatis Posterioris author ID: 719
CoBiS author ID: 95a5yja38danym2natb5yc1k74rkedr
Corpus Corporum author ID: Avienus_Rufius_Festus
DDB person (GND) ID: 11881060X
DLL Catalog author ID: A5550
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 11881060X
Diamond Catalog ID for persons and organisations: 3317
EBAF authority ID: 30401
EDIT16 catalogue author ID: 10461
FAST ID: 101171
Freebase ID: /m/0408j0
Gente di Tuscia ID: avieno-postumio-rufo-festo
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: ruf-fest-avie
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0222734
Great Aragonese Encyclopedia ID: 1634
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Rufus_Festus_Avienus
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID: person/371384604916
Historia Hispánica ID: biografias/5150
IdRef ID: 026697904
IntraText author ID: 35
IxTheo authority ID: 079584632
KANTO ID: 000220360
KBR person ID: 14699444, 14519621
Libraries Australia ID: 41372703
Libris-URI: gdsvvhz03mc5ll6
Mirabile author ID: 42639
Monumenta.ch ID: 295
Museo Galileo authority ID: 40226
Musisque Deoque author ID: 176
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA04381482
NE.se ID: avienus
NL CR AUT ID: jn19981000173
NLA Trove people ID: 1454331
NUKAT ID: n96400861
National Library of Brazil ID: 000396351
National Library of Greece ID: 90662
National Library of Ireland ID: vtls001269538
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000013445
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007258177405171
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810541012905606
National Library of Portugal ID: 70237
National Library of Russia ID: 770176174
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX840934
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 068858264
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3872760
Open Library ID: OL491955A
OpenMLOL author ID: 306678
Oxford Classical Dictionary ID: 1020
PACTOLS thesaurus ID: pcrtPBZs4ETiAs
Parsifal cluster ID: 837351, 293016
Perseus author ID: 248
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID: 2082
RERO ID (legacy): A002953949
RSPA ancient author ID: f72b886adfb952de9a8d7c28e1d3be810e51c51b
RedBA Granada authority ID: 52557
SBN author ID: PUVV039177
SELIBR ID: 176370
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 330567
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID: 1939
Spanish Biographical Dictionary ID: 10506/postumius-rufius-festus-avienus
The Latin Library author ID: avienus
ToposText person ID: 12383
Treccani ID: rufo-festo-avieno
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID: avieno
Trismegistos author ID: 141
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID: 2947, 48991
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058513227706706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme): a1027729
Unz Review author ID: Avienus
Vatican Library ID (former scheme): ADV10162237
Vatican Library VcBA ID: 495/15214
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJcc9vp8mJPrJhWhPBjBfq
Yale LUX ID: person/196c7a1c-b199-4a0b-ac90-ef4c1808937f

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🔗 Connections

Described by source 3

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Pauly–Wissowa, The Nuttall Encyclopædia

Occupation 2

writer, poet

Child 1

Festus

Country of citizenship 1

Ancient Rome

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Latin

Named after 1

12161 Avienius

Notable work 1

Ora Maritima

Place of birth 1

Bolsena

Position held 1

proconsul

Sex or gender 1

male

Time period 1

Low Roman Empire

Works by author 1

Ora Maritima

Writing language 1

Latin

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Summary

Avienius was born in 305^[1] in Bolsena^[2]. He died in 375^[3]. He worked as a poet^[4] and writer^[5].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Avienius include 12161 he^[28], an asteroid^[29].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to Avienius include Ora Maritima^[30], a literary work^[31]. Entities named for him include 12161 he^[28], an asteroid^[29].

FAQs

Where was Avienius born?

Avienius's place of birth was Bolsena^[2].

What did Avienius do for work?

Avienius worked as a poet^[4] and writer^[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Avienius — place of birth (P19): Bolsena. Nouveau Dictionnaire des auteurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Avienius — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Avienius — country of citizenship (P27): Ancient Rome. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Avienius — position held (P39): proconsul. Nouveau Dictionnaire des auteurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Avienius — child (P40): Festus. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Avienius — occupation (P106): poet. Nouveau Dictionnaire des auteurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Avienius — occupation (P106): writer. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Avienius — said to be the same as (P460): Postumius Rufius Festus Avienus. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Avienius — date of birth (P569): 305. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2023-05-07. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Avienius — date of death (P570): 375. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2023-05-07. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Avienius — notable work (P800): Ora Maritima. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Avienius — notable work (P800): Aratea. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Avienius — notable work (P800): Paraphrase of Livy. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Avienius — floruit (P1317): 400. Nouveau Dictionnaire des auteurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. Retrieved 2022-06-08. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Avienius — described by source (P1343): Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Avienius — described by source (P1343): Pauly–Wissowa. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Avienius — described by source (P1343): Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Avienius — described by source (P1343): The Nuttall Encyclopædia. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Avienius — described by source (P1343): Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Avienius — described by source (P1343): Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Avienius — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Latin. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Avienius — time period (P2348): Low Roman Empire. Nouveau Dictionnaire des auteurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Avienius — nomen gentilicium (P2359): Avienus. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Avienius — cognomen (P2365): Festus. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Avienius — gens (P5025): Aviena gens. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Avienius — writing language (P6886): Latin. Corpus Corporum. Retrieved 2021-02-17. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Avienius — copyright status as a creator (P7763): copyrights on works have expired. wikidata.org.

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[31] ↑ Ora Maritima — P31: literary work. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
[29] ↑ 12161 Avienius — P31: asteroid. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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12d ago · Balluc1977 · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗

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29d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗

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Biblissima authority ID → Paul van Zeeland

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Parsifal cluster ID → 837351, 293016

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