Historical figures in Rome
The atlas holds 91 people and 241 moments here, from 211 BC to 2025. The most recorded lives are Diego Velázquez, Petrarch and John Milton. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Philosophers, across the Ancient World and the Space Age.
Notable people
Diego Velázquez
from 1630 to 1650
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Spanish Baroque painter and court artist to Philip IV of Spain. Born in Seville, he trained there before establishing his long-term home and career…
Petrarch
from 1337 to 1350
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Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…
John Milton
from 1638 to 1639
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English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. This chronology follows documented residences, education, continental travel, marriages, public service,…
Giordano Bruno
from 1576 to 1600
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Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
in 1770
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Austrian composer and performer of the Classical era. Born in Salzburg, Mozart toured Europe as a child prodigy, made three formative journeys to…
Dante Alighieri
from 1300 to 1301
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Florentine poet, prose writer, philosopher, and statesman whose Divine Comedy became a foundational work of Italian and European literature.…
John F. Kennedy
in 1963
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
Salvador Dalí
from 1948 to 1949
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Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…
Augustine of Hippo
from 383 to 388
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Aurelius Augustinus, known as Augustine of Hippo, was a North African rhetorician, Christian theologian, philosopher, priest, and bishop.…
Niccolò Machiavelli
from 1503 to 1525
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Florentine diplomat, civil servant, political theorist, playwright, and historian of the Italian Renaissance.…
Thomas Aquinas
from 1244 to 1265
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Italian Dominican friar, priest, theologian, and philosopher. His documented movements connected family residences in southern Italy, Dominican and…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
in 1689
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German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Jimmy Carter
in 1980
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James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
Paul the Apostle
from 60 to 64
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Paul (Saul of Tarsus) was a first-century Jewish Christian apostle and missionary. The chronology below follows the traditional reconstruction used…
Jorge Luis Borges
from 1977 to 1981
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Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Francisco Goya
from 1769 to 1771
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Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was born at Fuendetodos, Aragon, and died at Bordeaux, France.…
Simón Bolívar
in 1805
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Venezuelan military and political leader known as El Libertador. Bolívar led revolutionary campaigns that helped secure the independence of…
Peter Paul Rubens
from 1601 to 1606
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Flemish Baroque painter, designer, humanist, collector, and diplomat. Rubens was born at Siegen, spent formative years in Cologne and Antwerp, worked…
Cleopatra
from 46 BC to 44 BC
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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.…
Montesquieu
in 1729
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Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.…
Saint Peter
from 42 to 64
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Simon Peter, also called Cephas, was a Galilean fisherman and leading figure among Jesus’ disciples and the early Jerusalem movement.…
Francis of Assisi
from 1209 to 1215
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Italian Catholic friar, deacon, preacher, and founder of the Order of Friars Minor. Born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone at Assisi, he renounced his…
Galen
from 162 to 169
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Galen of Pergamon was a Greek physician, surgeon, medical author, and philosopher active in the Roman Empire.…
François Rabelais
from 1534 to 1535
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French Renaissance writer, physician, humanist, and Catholic priest. His birth date is disputed, with scholarship placing it between 1483 and 1494;…
Moments
- 65 Death under Nero Seneca the Younger
- 65 Imperial sentence at country house outside Rome Seneca the Younger
- 66 Coronation of Tiridates in the Roman Forum Nero
- 67 Triumphal-style return to Rome Nero
- 68 Panic return to Rome Nero
- 68 Flight to Phaon's villa and death Nero
- 70 Visit to Rome with Lucius Mestrius Florus Plutarch
- 88 Secular Games service Tacitus
- 97 Funeral oration for Verginius Rufus Tacitus
- 100 Prosecution of Marius Priscus Tacitus
- 104 Return to Rome Tacitus
- 118 Returns to Rome as emperor Hadrian
- 121 Birth on the Caelian Hill Marcus Aurelius
- 138 Move into Hadrian's imperial residence Marcus Aurelius
- 138 Residence as imperial heir Marcus Aurelius
- 161 Accession ceremony at the Praetorian camp Marcus Aurelius
- 162 First residence in Rome Galen
- 169 Second stay in Rome and imperial household Galen
- 169 Return with Lucius Verus's body Marcus Aurelius
- 176 Triumph after the eastern tour Marcus Aurelius
- 312 Enters Rome in triumph Constantine the Great
- 312 Wins at the Milvian Bridge Constantine the Great
- 312 Winters in Rome Constantine the Great
- 326 Returns to Rome for the vicennalia Constantine the Great
- 383 Move to Rome Augustine of Hippo
- 388 Study of monastic life in Rome Augustine of Hippo
- 774 Celebrated Easter in Rome Charlemagne
- 774 Swore oaths at Saint Peter's Charlemagne
- 781 Traveled to Rome with his family Charlemagne
- 800 Met Leo III outside Rome Charlemagne
- 800 Crowned emperor at Saint Peter's Charlemagne
- 1209 Journey to Rome for approval of the Rule Francis of Assisi
- 1215 Attendance at the Fourth Lateran Council Francis of Assisi
- 1244 Meeting the Dominican master general in Rome Thomas Aquinas
- 1265 Papal theologian and teacher at Santa Sabina Thomas Aquinas
- 1300 Observed Jubilee crowds in Rome Dante Alighieri
- 1301 Joined the embassy to Pope Boniface VIII Dante Alighieri
- 1337 First Roman visit Petrarch
- 1341 Poet laureate at Rome Petrarch
- 1350 Jubilee visit to Rome Petrarch
- 1367 Embassy to the papal court in Rome Giovanni Boccaccio
- 1496 Arrives in Rome Michelangelo
- 1500 Jubilee-year stay in Rome Nicolaus Copernicus
- 1503 Papal-conclave mission Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1505 Summoned to Rome by Julius II Michelangelo
- 1506 Trip to Rome Raphael
- 1506 Leaves Rome after papal dispute Michelangelo
- 1508 Returns to Rome from Bologna Michelangelo
- 1508 Commission at the Vatican Palace Raphael
- 1508 Permanent move to Rome Raphael