Religious Figures of the Ancient World
The atlas holds 7 people and 239 moments here, from 480 BC to 430. The most recorded lives are Cicero, Julius Caesar and Paul the Apostle.
Notable people
Cicero
from 106 BC to 43 BC
83 moments here
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC) was a Roman lawyer, orator, philosopher, consul, provincial governor, and defender of the late Republic.…
Julius Caesar
from 100 BC to 44 BC
50 moments here
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman politician, general, orator and author whose career spanned the late Roman Republic.…
Paul the Apostle
from 5 to 64
45 moments here
Paul (Saul of Tarsus) was a first-century Jewish Christian apostle and missionary. The chronology below follows the traditional reconstruction used…
Jesus Christ
from 5 BC to 30
26 moments here
Jesus of Nazareth was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader in Roman Judaea. Most modern scholars agree that he existed historically;…
Augustine of Hippo
from 354 to 430
26 moments here
Aurelius Augustinus, known as Augustine of Hippo, was a North African rhetorician, Christian theologian, philosopher, priest, and bishop.…
Sophocles
from 480 BC to 406 BC
5 moments here
Ancient Athenian tragic playwright, probably born at Colonus in Attica and active chiefly in Athens.…
Plutarch
from 66 to 95
4 moments here
Greek Platonist philosopher, biographer, essayist, magistrate, and Delphic priest. He was born at Chaeronea between 45 and 47 CE and died after 119…
Moments
- 480 BC Victory paean after Salamis Sophocles
- 468 BC First Dionysia victory Sophocles
- 440 BC Samian campaign Sophocles
- 420 BC Reception of Asclepius at his house Sophocles
- 406 BC Mourning appearance at the City Dionysia proagon Sophocles
- 106 BC Born at Arpinum Cicero
- 100 BC Born in Rome Julius Caesar
- 90 BC Serves in the Social War Cicero
- 87 BC Studies with Philo in Rome Cicero
- 82 BC Hides in the Sabine country Julius Caesar
- 81 BC Serves at Nicomedes' court Julius Caesar
- 80 BC Fights at Mytilene Julius Caesar
- 79 BC Studies oratory in Asia Minor Cicero
- 79 BC Studies philosophy at Athens Cicero
- 79 BC Trains with Molon at Rhodes Cicero
- 78 BC Returns to Rome after Sulla's death Julius Caesar
- 77 BC Returns to Rome from eastern studies Cicero
- 75 BC Finds Archimedes' tomb at Syracuse Cicero
- 75 BC Serves as quaestor at Lilybaeum Cicero
- 75 BC Captured near Pharmacusa Julius Caesar
- 75 BC Launches pursuit from Miletus Julius Caesar
- 75 BC Studies rhetoric on Rhodes Julius Caesar
- 75 BC Takes pirates from Pergamum prison Julius Caesar
- 74 BC Returns to Asia during Mithridatic attack Julius Caesar
- 70 BC Collects evidence across Sicily Cicero
- 70 BC Prosecutes Verres at Rome Cicero
- 68 BC Writes from Rome Cicero
- 67 BC Stays at Tusculum Cicero
- 63 BC Accompanies Lentulus to the Tullianum Cicero
- 61 BC Writes from Rome after his consulship Cicero
- 61 BC Governs Farther Spain Julius Caesar
- 60 BC Retreats to Tusculum Cicero
- 59 BC Serves as consul in Rome Julius Caesar
- 59 BC Resides at Formiae Cicero
- 59 BC Stays at Antium Cicero
- 59 BC Stops at Forum Appii Cicero
- 59 BC Stops at Tres Tabernae Cicero
- 59 BC Writes from Tusculum Cicero
- 59 BC Returns to Rome Cicero
- 58 BC Arrives near Geneva Julius Caesar
- 58 BC Crosses the Saône after attacking the Helvetii Julius Caesar
- 58 BC Seizes Vesontio Julius Caesar
- 58 BC Passes through Thurium in exile Cicero
- 58 BC Travels through Vibo Cicero
- 58 BC Waits at Brundisium during exile Cicero
- 58 BC Arrives in Thessalonica Cicero
- 58 BC Relocates to Dyrrhachium Cicero
- 57 BC Campaigns at the Sabis Julius Caesar
- 57 BC Lands at Brundisium after recall Cicero
- 57 BC Re-enters Rome after exile Cicero