Alexandria in the Ancient World
The atlas holds 10 people and 25 moments here, from 331 BC to 415. The most recorded lives are Cleopatra, Hypatia and Augustus.
Notable people
Cleopatra
from 69 BC to 30 BC
9 moments here
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (born early 69 BC, possibly late 70 BC; died 10 or 12 August 30 BC) was the last active ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt.…
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…
Augustus
in 30 BC
3 moments here
Augustus, born Gaius Octavius and conventionally called Octavian before 27 BC, founded the Roman principate.…
Ptolemy
from 127 to 141
2 moments here
Claudius Ptolemy was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and music theorist.…
Julius Caesar
in 48 BC
1 moment here
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman politician, general, orator and author whose career spanned the late Roman Republic.…
Alexander the Great
in 331 BC
1 moment here
Alexander III of Macedon (356–323 BCE), known as Alexander the Great, became king of Macedon in 336 BCE and campaigned from the Balkans through the…
Archimedes
in 269 BC
1 moment here
Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor associated above all with Syracuse in Sicily.…
Euclid
in 300 BC
1 moment here
Ancient Greek mathematician and geometer, conventionally known as Euclid of Alexandria. Biographical evidence is exceptionally sparse: his birthplace…
Marcus Aurelius
in 175
1 moment here
Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher. This chronology records securely attested physical presence from his birth and Roman residences…
Galen
in 153
1 moment here
Galen of Pergamon was a Greek physician, surgeon, medical author, and philosopher active in the Roman Empire.…
Moments
- 331 BC Laid out Alexandria Alexander the Great
- 300 BC Mathematical career in Alexandria Euclid
- 269 BC Studies in Alexandria Archimedes
- 69 BC Born in Alexandria Cleopatra
- 49 BC Fought for control of Alexandria Cleopatra
- 48 BC Entered Alexandria's royal quarter Cleopatra
- 48 BC Arrives at Alexandria Julius Caesar
- 41 BC Wintered with Antony in Alexandria Cleopatra
- 34 BC Enthroned at the Donations of Alexandria Cleopatra
- 31 BC Sailed into Alexandria's harbor Cleopatra
- 30 BC Arrives to besiege Alexandria Augustus
- 30 BC Visits Alexander the Great’s tomb Augustus
- 30 BC Defeats Antony at Alexandria Augustus
- 30 BC Barricaded herself in her tomb Cleopatra
- 30 BC Died in the Alexandrian royal precinct Cleopatra
- 30 BC Escorted from the tomb to the palace Cleopatra
- 127 Earliest exactly dated astronomical observation Ptolemy
- 141 Last exactly dated astronomical observation Ptolemy
- 153 Advanced study at Alexandria Galen
- 175 Stay in Alexandria Marcus Aurelius
- 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