# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/polyaenus
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:09:10.842Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/polyaenus"
name: "Polyaenus"
slug: "polyaenus"
description: "Polyaenus or Polyenus was a 2nd-century Roman Macedonian author and rhetorician, known best for his Stratagems in War, which has been preserved. He was born in Bithynia, Asia Minor. The Suda calls him a rhetorician, and Polyaenus himself writes that he was accustomed to plead causes before the Roman emperor. Polyaenus dedicated Stratagems in War to the two emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, while they were engaged in the Roman–Parthian War of 161–166, about 163, at which time he was too old to accompany them in their campaigns."
tagline: "2nd-century Greek author and rhetorician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Miniatura_degli_Stratagemmi_di_Polieno.JPG/330px-Miniatura_degli_Stratagemmi_di_Polieno.JPG"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "101"
deathDate: "200"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.18
  momentum:             6.169354838709678
  historical:           20.37592133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyainos_(Maced%C3%B3nia)"
    title: "Polyainos (Macedónia)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "بوليينوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Полиан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poli%C3%A8_el_Macedoni"
    title: "Poliè el Macedoni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyainos"
    title: "Polyainos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyainos"
    title: "Polyainos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%8D%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CF%81%CE%AE%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Πολύαινος ο ρήτορας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyaenus"
    title: "Polyaenus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polieno"
    title: "Polieno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyainos_(kirjailija)"
    title: "Polyainos (kirjailija)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyen"
    title: "Polyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polieno_(autor)"
    title: "Polieno (autor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A1"
    title: "פוליאינוס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol%C3%BCainosz_(t%C3%B6rt%C3%A9net%C3%ADr%C3%B3)"
    title: "Polüainosz (történetíró)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poliainos_(orator)"
    title: "Poliainos (orator)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polieno_(retore)"
    title: "Polieno (retore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8D%D0%BD"
    title: "Полиэн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyaenus"
    title: "Polyaenus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Полиен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyaenus"
    title: "Polyaenus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyaenus_(Macedoni%C3%ABr)"
    title: "Polyaenus (Macedoniër)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyainos"
    title: "Polyainos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poliajnos"
    title: "Poliajnos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polieno_(autor)"
    title: "Polieno (autor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8D%D0%BD"
    title: "Полиэн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q537755"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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