Philosophers of the Ancient World

The atlas holds 26 people and 342 moments here, from 620 BC to 430. The most recorded lives are Cicero, Hannibal and Augustine of Hippo.

Moments

  1. 190 BC Sails from Seleucia Pieria Hannibal
  2. 190 BC Commands fleet at Side Hannibal
  3. 189 BC Seeks asylum on Crete Hannibal
  4. 188 BC Takes refuge with Prusias Hannibal
  5. 183 BC Dies at Libyssa Hannibal
  6. 145 BC Birth at Xiayang Sima Qian
  7. 126 BC Departure from Chang'an on research tour Sima Qian
  8. 126 BC Search for Shun's burial place in the Jiuyi Mountains Sima Qian
  9. 126 BC Search for Yu's burial place at Mount Xianglu Sima Qian
  10. 126 BC Study in Qufu Sima Qian
  11. 126 BC Visit to Han Xin's grave at Huaiyin Sima Qian
  12. 126 BC Visit to the Miluo River Sima Qian
  13. 110 BC Journey to Luoyang to join Emperor Wu Sima Qian
  14. 110 BC Report to authorities at Chang'an Sima Qian
  15. 106 BC Born at Arpinum Cicero
  16. 90 BC Serves in the Social War Cicero
  17. 87 BC Studies with Philo in Rome Cicero
  18. 79 BC Studies oratory in Asia Minor Cicero
  19. 79 BC Studies philosophy at Athens Cicero
  20. 79 BC Trains with Molon at Rhodes Cicero
  21. 77 BC Returns to Rome from eastern studies Cicero
  22. 75 BC Finds Archimedes' tomb at Syracuse Cicero
  23. 75 BC Serves as quaestor at Lilybaeum Cicero
  24. 70 BC Collects evidence across Sicily Cicero
  25. 70 BC Prosecutes Verres at Rome Cicero
  26. 68 BC Writes from Rome Cicero
  27. 67 BC Stays at Tusculum Cicero
  28. 65 BC Birth at Venusia Horace
  29. 63 BC Accompanies Lentulus to the Tullianum Cicero
  30. 61 BC Writes from Rome after his consulship Cicero
  31. 60 BC Retreats to Tusculum Cicero
  32. 59 BC Resides at Formiae Cicero
  33. 59 BC Stays at Antium Cicero
  34. 59 BC Stops at Forum Appii Cicero
  35. 59 BC Stops at Tres Tabernae Cicero
  36. 59 BC Writes from Tusculum Cicero
  37. 59 BC Returns to Rome Cicero
  38. 58 BC Passes through Thurium in exile Cicero
  39. 58 BC Travels through Vibo Cicero
  40. 58 BC Waits at Brundisium during exile Cicero
  41. 58 BC Arrives in Thessalonica Cicero
  42. 58 BC Relocates to Dyrrhachium Cicero
  43. 57 BC Lands at Brundisium after recall Cicero
  44. 57 BC Re-enters Rome after exile Cicero
  45. 56 BC Visits ancestral Arpinum Cicero
  46. 55 BC Stays at Cumae Cicero
  47. 55 BC Returns to Tusculum Cicero
  48. 54 BC Spring residence at Cumae Cicero
  49. 51 BC Campaigns on Mount Amanus Cicero
  50. 51 BC Departs his Pompeian villa Cicero

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