Scientists of the Ancient World
The atlas holds 7 people and 50 moments here, from 563 BC to 415. The most recorded lives are The Buddha, Seneca the Younger and Sima Qian.
Notable people
The Buddha
from 563 BC to 483 BC
18 moments here
Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, was a wandering ascetic and teacher who founded Buddhism in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain.…
Seneca the Younger
from 5 to 65
9 moments here
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, commonly called Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, writer, and statesman.…
Sima Qian
from 145 BC to 110 BC
9 moments here
Chinese historian of the early Han dynasty and author of the Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian).…
Archimedes
from 287 BC to 212 BC
5 moments here
Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor associated above all with Syracuse in Sicily.…
Hypatia
from 370 to 415
5 moments here
Hypatia was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, and teacher. Her birth is disputed, with estimates ranging from about 350 to…
Heraclitus
in 500 BC
2 moments here
Heraclitus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher associated with Ephesus in Ionia, active around 500 BC.…
Ptolemy
from 127 to 141
2 moments here
Claudius Ptolemy was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and music theorist.…
Moments
- 563 BC Born at Lumbini The Buddha
- 563 BC Grew up at Kapilavastu The Buddha
- 534 BC Begged for alms at Rajagaha The Buddha
- 534 BC Departed Kapilavastu as an ascetic The Buddha
- 528 BC Awakened beneath the Bodhi tree The Buddha
- 528 BC Delivered the first sermon at Sarnath The Buddha
- 528 BC Spent the first rains retreat at Sarnath The Buddha
- 527 BC Established retreats at Veluvana The Buddha
- 524 BC Kept the fifth retreat near Vesali The Buddha
- 520 BC Spent the ninth retreat at Kosambi The Buddha
- 515 BC Kept the fourteenth retreat at Jetavana The Buddha
- 514 BC Returned to Kapilavastu for the fifteenth retreat The Buddha
- 509 BC Returned to Rajagaha for the twentieth retreat The Buddha
- 508 BC Began the long Savatthi residence cycle The Buddha
- 500 BC Active philosopher of Ephesus Heraclitus
- 500 BC Deposited his book at the Artemision Heraclitus
- 484 BC Spent the final retreat at Beluva The Buddha
- 483 BC Crossed the Kakkuttha River The Buddha
- 483 BC Died at Kushinagar The Buddha
- 483 BC Stayed in Cunda's grove at Pava The Buddha
- 287 BC Born in Syracuse Archimedes
- 269 BC Studies in Alexandria Archimedes
- 263 BC Returns to Syracuse Archimedes
- 214 BC Directs Syracuse's wartime defenses Archimedes
- 212 BC Killed during the capture of Syracuse Archimedes
- 145 BC Birth at Xiayang Sima Qian
- 126 BC Departure from Chang'an on research tour Sima Qian
- 126 BC Search for Shun's burial place in the Jiuyi Mountains Sima Qian
- 126 BC Search for Yu's burial place at Mount Xianglu Sima Qian
- 126 BC Study in Qufu Sima Qian
- 126 BC Visit to Han Xin's grave at Huaiyin Sima Qian
- 126 BC Visit to the Miluo River Sima Qian
- 110 BC Journey to Luoyang to join Emperor Wu Sima Qian
- 110 BC Report to authorities at Chang'an Sima Qian
- 5 Childhood residence and education Seneca the Younger
- 20 Convalescence with his aunt Seneca the Younger
- 31 Return from Egypt Seneca the Younger
- 41 Exile under Claudius Seneca the Younger
- 49 Recall to Nero's court Seneca the Younger
- 62 Retirement on country estates Seneca the Younger
- 65 Death under Nero Seneca the Younger
- 65 Imperial sentence at country house outside Rome Seneca the Younger
- 65 Return from Campania Seneca the Younger
- 127 Earliest exactly dated astronomical observation Ptolemy
- 141 Last exactly dated astronomical observation Ptolemy
- 370 Born in Alexandria Hypatia
- 393 Teaches Synesius in Alexandria Hypatia
- 400 Leads the Platonist school Hypatia
- 415 Murdered in the Caesareum Hypatia
- 415 Waylaid while returning home Hypatia