Historical figures in Greece
The atlas holds 6 people and 11 moments here, from 408 BC to 1906. The most recorded lives are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Constantine the Great and Euripides. Among them Writers, Military Leaders and Political Leaders, across the Ancient World and the Roman Empire.
Notable people
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
from 1881 to 1906
3 moments here
Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…
Constantine the Great
from 323 to 327
3 moments here
Roman emperor from 306 to 337. Born at Naissus, Constantine served under Diocletian and Galerius in the eastern empire, joined his father in Britain,…
Euripides
from 408 BC to 406 BC
2 moments here
Euripides was an Athenian tragic playwright traditionally born on Salamis around 480 BC and conventionally said to have died in Macedon around 406…
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.…
Cicero
in 58 BC
1 moment here
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC) was a Roman lawyer, orator, philosopher, consul, provincial governor, and defender of the late Republic.…
Paul the Apostle
in 56
1 moment here
Paul (Saul of Tarsus) was a first-century Jewish Christian apostle and missionary. The chronology below follows the traditional reconstruction used…
Moments
- 408 BC Journey to Archelaus's court Euripides
- 406 BC Death in Macedon Euripides
- 58 BC Arrives in Thessalonica Cicero
- 48 BC Crosses into Macedonia against Pompey Julius Caesar
- 56 Travel through Macedonia Paul the Apostle
- 323 Commands from Thessalonica Constantine the Great
- 324 Prepares the Licinian campaign Constantine the Great
- 327 Stops at Thessalonica Constantine the Great
- 1881 Born in Ottoman Salonica Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1893 Enters Salonica Military School Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1906 Returns clandestinely to Salonica Mustafa Kemal Atatürk