# Hero of Byzantium

> Hero of Byzantium, also Heron of Byzantium or sometimes Hero the Younger, is a name used to refer to the anonymous Byzantine author of two treatises, commonly known as Parangelmata Poliorcetica and Geodesia, composed in the mid-10th century and found in an 11th-century manuscript in the Vatican Library. The first is a poliorketikon, an illustrated manual of siegecraft; the second is a work in practical geometry and ballistics, which makes use of locations around Constantinople to illustrate its points. The manuscript consists of 58 folios and 38 colored illustrations.

*Name used to refer to the anonymous Byzantine author of two treatises*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Status:** unknown
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 39.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 7.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Heron thành Byzantium](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heron_th%C3%A0nh_Byzantium)
- [Heró de Bizanci](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her%C3%B3_de_Bizanci)
- [Ήρων ο Βυζάντιος](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%89%CF%81%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%BF_%CE%92%CF%85%CE%B6%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82)
- [Hero of Byzantium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Byzantium)
- [Herón de Bizancio](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her%C3%B3n_de_Bizancio)
- [Héron de Byzance](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ron_de_Byzance)
- [Hérón (matematikus)](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9r%C3%B3n_(matematikus))
- [Erone di Bisanzio](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erone_di_Bisanzio)
- [Herão de Bizâncio](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her%C3%A3o_de_Biz%C3%A2ncio)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2247352)

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