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

  1. 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…

  2. Augustus

    in 14

    1 moment here

    Augustus, born Gaius Octavius and conventionally called Octavian before 27 BC, founded the Roman principate.…

  3. 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.…

  4. 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…

  5. Seneca the Younger

    in 65

    1 moment here

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca, commonly called Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, writer, and statesman.…

  6. 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

  1. 19 BC Buried beside the road to Pozzuoli Virgil
  2. 14 Attends games at Naples Augustus
  3. 59 Festival stay at Baiae Nero
  4. 59 Meeting Agrippina at Bauli Nero
  5. 60 Transit through Puteoli Paul the Apostle
  6. 65 Return from Campania Seneca the Younger
  7. 67 Victors' entry into Naples Nero
  8. 68 At Naples when news of revolt arrived Nero
  9. 138 Dies at his villa in Baiae Hadrian

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