Antioch in the Ancient World
The atlas holds 7 people and 10 moments here, from 195 BC to 123. The most recorded lives are Paul the Apostle, Augustus and Cleopatra.
Notable people
Paul the Apostle
from 44 to 52
4 moments here
Paul (Saul of Tarsus) was a first-century Jewish Christian apostle and missionary. The chronology below follows the traditional reconstruction used…
Augustus
in 30 BC
1 moment here
Augustus, born Gaius Octavius and conventionally called Octavian before 27 BC, founded the Roman principate.…
Cleopatra
in 35 BC
1 moment 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.…
Saint Peter
in 48
1 moment here
Simon Peter, also called Cephas, was a Galilean fisherman and leading figure among Jesus’ disciples and the early Jerusalem movement.…
Hannibal
in 195 BC
1 moment here
Hannibal (Hannibal Barca) was a Carthaginian general and statesman, born at Carthage in 247 BC.…
Hannibal
in 195 BC
1 moment here
Hannibal Barca was a Carthaginian general and statesman best known for leading an army from Iberia across the Alps into Italy during the Second Punic…
Hadrian
in 123
1 moment here
Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian traveled extensively through the Roman Empire, inspecting frontiers and armies, intervening in provincial…
Moments
- 195 BC Continues to Antioch Hannibal
- 195 BC Visit to Antioch Hannibal
- 35 BC Traveled with Antony to Antioch Cleopatra
- 30 BC Passes through Syria en route to Egypt Augustus
- 44 Mission base at Antioch Paul the Apostle
- 46 Departure from Antioch on first mission Paul the Apostle
- 48 Incident at Antioch Saint Peter
- 49 Return to Antioch after first mission Paul the Apostle
- 52 Return north to Antioch Paul the Apostle
- 123 Returns to Antioch for Parthian diplomacy Hadrian