Historical figures in Ancient Abdera

The atlas holds 3 people and 3 moments here, from 460 BC to 8. The most recorded lives are Ovid, Democritus and Philip II of Macedon. Among them Historians, Writers and Mathematicians, across the Ancient World and Classical Greece.

Notable people

1. Democritus

   in 460 BC

   1 moment here

   Greek atomist philosopher traditionally dated c. 460–c. 370 BC. Ancient biographical testimony is sparse, late, and sometimes contradictory; this…

2. Ovid

   in 8

   1 moment here

   Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) was a Roman poet born at Sulmo. Educated in Rome, he later travelled in Greece, Asia Minor, and Sicily, though the…

3. Philip II of Macedon

   in 355 BC

   1 moment here

   King of Macedon from 359 BC until his assassination in 336 BC. Philip transformed Macedon into the dominant power in Greece through military reform,…

Moments

1. 460 BC Birth at Abdera Democritus
2. 355 BC Attack on Abdera Philip II of Macedon
3. 8 Overland across the Bistonian fields Ovid

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