# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/athenaeus-mechanicus
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:13:18.585Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/athenaeus-mechanicus"
name: "Athenaeus Mechanicus"
slug: "athenaeus-mechanicus"
description: "Athenaeus Mechanicus is the author of a book on siegecraft, On Machines. He is identified by modern scholars with Athenaeus of Seleucia, a member of the Peripatetic school active in the mid-to-late 1st century BC, at Rome and elsewhere."
tagline: "Author of a Hellenistic summary of siege engines"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Athenaeus_Mechanicus%2C_Mechanica%2C_Paris%2C_Graec._2442.jpg/330px-Athenaeus_Mechanicus%2C_Mechanica%2C_Paris%2C_Graec._2442.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           44.59
  momentum:             3.038674033149171
  historical:           12.47516266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenaeus_Mechanicus"
    title: "Athenaeus Mechanicus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ath%C3%A9naiosz_(hadtudom%C3%A1nyi_%C3%ADr%C3%B3)"
    title: "Athénaiosz (hadtudományi író)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ateneu_Mec%C3%A0nic"
    title: "Ateneu Mecànic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenaios_(Milit%C3%A4rschriftsteller)"
    title: "Athenaios (Militärschriftsteller)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%B8%CE%AE%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%A4%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82"
    title: "Αθήναιος ο Τακτικός"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenaeus_Mechanicus"
    title: "Athenaeus Mechanicus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ateneo_el_Mec%C3%A1nico"
    title: "Ateneo el Mecánico"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenaios_(insener)"
    title: "Athenaios (insener)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ath%C3%A9n%C3%A9e_le_M%C3%A9canicien"
    title: "Athénée le Mécanicien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ateneo_Meccanico"
    title: "Ateneo Meccanico"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ath%C3%A9n%C3%A9e_le_M%C3%A9canicien"
    title: "Athénée le Mécanicien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenaeus_(werktuigkundige)"
    title: "Athenaeus (werktuigkundige)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Афиней Механик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atenej_Mehanik"
    title: "Atenej Mehanik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%84%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA"
    title: "Афіней Механік"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q755297"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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