# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexandros-polyhistor
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:10:08.287Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexandros-polyhistor"
name: "Alexandros Polyhistor"
slug: "alexandros-polyhistor"
description: "Lucius Cornelius Alexander Polyhistor was a Greek scholar who was enslaved by the Romans during the Mithridatic War and taken to Rome as a tutor. After his release, he continued to live in Italy as a Roman citizen. He was so productive as a writer that he earned the surname Polyhistor. The majority of his writings are now lost, but the fragments that remain shed valuable light on antiquarian and eastern Mediterranean subjects.\nAmong his works were historical and geographical accounts of nearly all the countries of the ancient world, and the book Upon the Jews which excerpted many works which might otherwise be unknown."
tagline: "1st-century BC Greek scholar"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "-100"
deathDate: "-40"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.56566133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ألكسندر بوليهستر"
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    title: "الكسندر بوليهستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corneli_Alexandre_Polihistor"
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    title: "Alexander Polyhistor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alexander Polyhistor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandro_Polyhistor"
    title: "Aleksandro Polyhistor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alexandre, l Polímata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Aleksander Polihistor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alexandre, o Polímata"
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    title: "Alexander Polyhistor"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Cornelius_Polyhistor"
    title: "Alexander Cornelius Polyhistor"
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    title: "Луцій Корнелій Александр Полігістор"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump