Naples in the Roman Empire
The atlas holds 6 people and 9 moments here, from 19 BC to 138. The most recorded lives are Nero, Augustus and Virgil.
Notable people
Nero
from 59 to 68
4 moments here
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was Roman emperor from 13 October 54 to 9 June 68. This chronology records securely documented physical…
Augustus
in 14
1 moment here
Augustus, born Gaius Octavius and conventionally called Octavian before 27 BC, founded the Roman principate.…
Virgil
in 19 BC
1 moment here
Publius Vergilius Maro, known as Virgil, was a Roman poet of the Augustan age and the author of the Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid.…
Paul the Apostle
in 60
1 moment here
Paul (Saul of Tarsus) was a first-century Jewish Christian apostle and missionary. The chronology below follows the traditional reconstruction used…
Seneca the Younger
in 65
1 moment here
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, commonly called Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, writer, and statesman.…
Hadrian
in 138
1 moment here
Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian traveled extensively through the Roman Empire, inspecting frontiers and armies, intervening in provincial…
Moments
- 19 BC Buried beside the road to Pozzuoli Virgil
- 14 Attends games at Naples Augustus
- 59 Festival stay at Baiae Nero
- 59 Meeting Agrippina at Bauli Nero
- 60 Transit through Puteoli Paul the Apostle
- 65 Return from Campania Seneca the Younger
- 67 Victors' entry into Naples Nero
- 68 At Naples when news of revolt arrived Nero
- 138 Dies at his villa in Baiae Hadrian