Writers in Italy

The atlas holds 3 people and 12 moments here, from 106 BC to 1355. The most recorded lives are Cicero, Thomas Aquinas and Giovanni Boccaccio.

Notable people

1. Cicero

   from 106 BC to 44 BC

   6 moments here

   Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC) was a Roman lawyer, orator, philosopher, consul, provincial governor, and defender of the late Republic.…

2. Thomas Aquinas

   from 1225 to 1274

   5 moments here

   Italian Dominican friar, priest, theologian, and philosopher. His documented movements connected family residences in southern Italy, Dominican and…

3. Giovanni Boccaccio

   in 1355

   1 moment here

   Italian writer, poet, and humanist, best known for the Decameron. His documented life moved between Florence, Naples, Romagna, papal Avignon and…

Moments

1. 106 BC Born at Arpinum Cicero
2. 56 BC Visits ancestral Arpinum Cicero
3. 49 BC Marks his son's coming of age at Arpinum Cicero
4. 44 BC Receives letters at Arpinum Cicero
5. 44 BC Writes from Arpinum Cicero
6. 44 BC Writes from Arpinum amid renewed crisis Cicero
7. 1225 Birth at the Aquino family castle Thomas Aquinas
8. 1230 Early education at Monte Cassino Thomas Aquinas
9. 1244 Family imprisonment at Roccasecca Thomas Aquinas
10. 1244 Seized and returned to Monte San Giovanni Campano Thomas Aquinas
11. 1274 Convalescence at Monte Cassino Thomas Aquinas
12. 1355 Visit to Montecassino Abbey Giovanni Boccaccio

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