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Appian: Works, Overview & Editions

Appian of Alexandria (/ˈæpiən/; Ancient Greek: Ἀππιανὸς Ἀλεξανδρεύς, romanized: Appianòs Alexandreús; Latin: Appianus Alexandrinus; c. 95 – c. AD 165) was a Greek historian with Roman citizenship who prospered during the reigns of the Roman Emperors Trajan, Hadrian, and Antoninus Pius.

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Appian topic overview

The analysis highlights Works, Overview and Editions as prominent areas in the source structure around Appian.

Related topics
68
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
72
Extracted relationships
187
Concept neighborhoods
27
Bridge connections
72

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Works · 29 topics
Overview · 24 topics
Editions · 9 topics
Life · 6 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Born
Appianus Alexandrinus c. 95 Alexandria, Roman Egypt
Died
c. 165 (aged around 70) Rome
Occupations
Historian, lawyer

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Life

Works

Editions

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Appian connects Entity context

The extracted context around Appian shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Appian → Ac, Anonymi Compendium, Appian's History, Appiani Alexandrini Historia Publio, Appiani Historia Romana, Appiano, Appien, Archived, Bibliotheca TeubnerianaPaul Goukowsky, Bohn's Classical Library, Book, Books XIII, Candido, Carsana, Chiara, Civil Wars, Collection Budé, Commento, Constantini, Editio Another extracted example is Appian → Africa, Another, Appian's, Arabia Petraea, BC, Dacians, Egypt, Empire, Especially, For, Gauls, Greece, Hannibal, Hannibalic, Illyrians, Ionia, Italian Peninsula, Italians, Italy, Jews. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Appian

Top relations

related to Editions · 50
Appian → Ac, Anonymi Compendium, Appian's History, Appiani Alexandrini Historia Publio, Appiani Historia Romana, Appiano, Appien, Archived, Bibliotheca TeubnerianaPaul Goukowsky, Bohn's Classical Library, Book, Books XIII, Candido, Carsana, Chiara, Civil Wars, Collection Budé, Commento, Constantini, Editio
related to The Foreign Wars · 46
Appian → Africa, Another, Appian's, Arabia Petraea, BC, Dacians, Egypt, Empire, Especially, For, Gauls, Greece, Hannibal, Hannibalic, Illyrians, Ionia, Italian Peninsula, Italians, Italy, Jews
related to history · 33
Appian → AD, BC, Besides Appian, Caesar, Cassius Dio, Diodorus, Empire, Florus, Gallic Wars, Gracchan, He, Julius Caesar, Marius, Only, Plutarch, Plutarch's Roman, Pompey, Republic, Republican, Roman
related to External links · 26
Appian → Appien, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, Central, Civil Wars, Eastern Europe, Graphic Art, Guerres, Histoire, III, Internet ArchiveWorks, LacusCurtiusWorks, LibriVox, Livius, Mendelssohn, Objects, Paul Goukowsky, Perseus Digital Library, Phillippe Torrens, Reception, Review
related to Life · 24
Appian → AD, Alexandria, Although Appian, Antoninus Pius, Appian's Roman History, Cornelius Fronto, Egypt, Hadrian, He, However, In, Information, It, Little, Lucius Verus, Marcus Aurelius, Roman, Roman Egypt, Roman History, Rome
related to Sources · 5
Appian → Appian's, At, He, However, One
Born · 1
Appian → Appianus Alexandrinus c. 95 Alexandria, Roman Egypt
Died · 1
Appian → c. 165 (aged around 70) Rome
Occupations · 1
Appian → Historian, lawyer

Important terminology

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Important terminology

roman history wars books civil appian's work greek sources egypt alexandria latin 95 rome ad period also book empire extant

Appian relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 187 structured relationships around Appian. Examples in this analysis include Appian → Born → Appianus Alexandrinus c. 95 Alexandria, Roman Egypt and Appian → Died → c. 165 (aged around 70) Rome. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
AppianBornAppianus Alexandrinus c. 95 Alexandria, Roman Egypt1.00infobox
AppianDiedc. 165 (aged around 70) Rome1.00infobox
AppianOccupationsHistorian, lawyer1.00infobox
Appianrelated to EditionsLock-green0.60section
Appianrelated to EditionsLock-gray-alt-20.60section
Appianrelated to EditionsLock-red-alt-20.60section
Appianrelated to EditionsWikisource-logo0.60section
Appianrelated to EditionsAppiani Alexandrini Historia Publio0.60section
Appianrelated to EditionsCandido0.60section
Appianrelated to EditionsAc0.60section
Appianrelated to EditionsAnonymi Compendium0.60section
Appianrelated to EditionsConstantini0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Appian bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Rome, Around and Ad. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Appian
    • Rome
    • Around
    • Ad
    • Cornelius
    • Marcus
    • Roman
    • Works
    • Latin
    • Also
    • Egypt
    • Greek
    • Wars
  • appian
    • Rome
    • Around
    • Ad
    • Cornelius
    • Marcus
    • Roman
    • Works
    • Latin
    • Also
    • Egypt
    • Greek
    • Wars
  • roman
    • History
    • Books
    • Wars
    • Civil
    • Known
    • Also
    • Egypt
    • Born
    • Foreign
    • Trajan
    • Around
    • Extant
  • roman emperors
    • Trajan
    • History
    • Books
    • Advocate
    • Wars
    • Marcus
    • Civil
    • Rome
    • Egypt
    • Greek
    • Known
    • Also
  • roman empire
    • History
    • Books
    • Book
    • Wars
    • Civil
    • Trajan
    • Extant
    • Known
    • One
    • Spain
    • Also
    • Egypt
  • roman republic
    • History
    • Books
    • Wars
    • Civil
    • Known
    • Also
    • Egypt
    • Born
    • Foreign
    • Trajan
    • Around
    • Extant
  • roman citizens
    • History
    • Books
    • Wars
    • Civil
    • Known
    • Also
    • Egypt
    • Born
    • Foreign
    • Trajan
    • Around
    • Extant
  • roman kingdom
    • History
    • Books
    • Wars
    • Civil
    • Known
    • Also
    • Egypt
    • Born
    • Foreign
    • Trajan
    • Around
    • Extant

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Appian, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Appian with Works. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
AppianWorks · splits 43 ⟂ 30
AppianOverview · splits 48 ⟂ 25
AppianEditions · splits 63 ⟂ 10
AppianLife · splits 66 ⟂ 7

Map overview Semantic statistics

Appian

Nodes73
Edges72
Triples187
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027397
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Appian to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works, Overview & Editions, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Appian · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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