Philosophers in Alexandria

The atlas holds 6 people and 11 moments here, from 269 BC to 1382. The most recorded lives are Hypatia, Ptolemy and Archimedes.

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…
Ptolemy
from 127 to 141
2 moments here
Claudius Ptolemy was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and music theorist.…
Archimedes
in 269 BC
1 moment here
Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor associated above all with Syracuse in Sicily.…
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…
Ibn Khaldun
in 1382
1 moment here
Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) was a Tunis-born historian, jurist, political official, teacher, and author of the Muqaddimah.…
Galen
in 153
1 moment here
Galen of Pergamon was a Greek physician, surgeon, medical author, and philosopher active in the Roman Empire.…