Writers of the Ancient World
The atlas holds 32 people and 482 moments here, from 620 BC to 430. The most recorded lives are Cicero, Julius Caesar and Paul the Apostle.
Notable people
Seneca the Younger
from 5 to 65
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca, commonly called Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, writer, and statesman.…
Sima Qian
from 145 BC to 110 BC
9 moments here
Chinese historian of the early Han dynasty and author of the Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian).…
Socrates
from 469 BC to 399 BC
8 moments here
Classical Athenian philosopher known chiefly through Plato, Xenophon, Aristophanes, and later ancient testimony.…
Sophocles
from 480 BC to 406 BC
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Ancient Athenian tragic playwright, probably born at Colonus in Attica and active chiefly in Athens.…
Sun Tzu
from 544 BC to 496 BC
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Sun Tzu (traditionally Sun Wu) was a Chinese military strategist traditionally placed in the late Spring and Autumn period.…
Tacitus
from 88 to 112
5 moments here
Publius Cornelius Tacitus was a Roman historian, senator, orator, and provincial governor. His birth date and place are uncertain; he was probably…
The Buddha
from 563 BC to 483 BC
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Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, was a wandering ascetic and teacher who founded Buddhism in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain.…
Virgil
from 55 BC to 19 BC
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Publius Vergilius Maro, known as Virgil, was a Roman poet of the Augustan age and the author of the Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid.…
Moments
- 484 BC Spent the final retreat at Beluva The Buddha
- 483 BC Crossed the Kakkuttha River The Buddha
- 483 BC Died at Kushinagar The Buddha
- 483 BC Stayed in Cunda's grove at Pava The Buddha
- 480 BC Military service at Salamis Aeschylus
- 480 BC Birth on Salamis Euripides
- 480 BC Victory paean after Salamis Sophocles
- 479 BC Fought at Plataea Aeschylus
- 479 BC Buried beside the Sishui River Confucius
- 479 BC Dies in Lu Confucius
- 469 BC Born in the deme of Alopece Socrates
- 468 BC First Dionysia victory Sophocles
- 458 BC Final Sicilian visit to Gela Aeschylus
- 456 BC Death at Gela Aeschylus
- 455 BC First City Dionysia competition Euripides
- 446 BC Birth in Athens Aristophanes
- 440 BC Samian campaign Sophocles
- 432 BC Serves at Potidaea Socrates
- 428 BC Born in Athens Plato
- 424 BC Production of The Knights at the Lenaia Aristophanes
- 424 BC Retreats from Delium Socrates
- 422 BC Fights at Amphipolis Socrates
- 420 BC Reception of Asclepius at his house Sophocles
- 409 BC Residence in Magnesia Euripides
- 408 BC Final competition in Athens Euripides
- 408 BC Journey to Archelaus's court Euripides
- 406 BC Death in Macedon Euripides
- 406 BC Mourning appearance at the City Dionysia proagon Sophocles
- 404 BC Summoned to the Tholos by the Thirty Socrates
- 399 BC Attends Socrates’ trial Plato
- 399 BC Appears at the Royal Stoa Socrates
- 399 BC Defends himself at trial Socrates
- 399 BC Spends his final day in the state prison Socrates
- 396 BC Studies with Euclid in Megara Plato
- 394 BC Returns to Athens Plato
- 394 BC Studies in the grove of Hecademus Plato
- 387 BC First visit to Syracuse Plato
- 387 BC Taken to Aegina and offered for sale Plato
- 387 BC Travels through southern Italy Plato
- 387 BC Visits the craters of Etna Plato
- 383 BC Establishes the Academy Plato
- 366 BC Accompanies Chabrias up the Acropolis Plato
- 366 BC Confined in the Syracusan acropolis Plato
- 366 BC Returns to tutor Dionysius II Plato
- 365 BC Reunites with Dion at the Academy Plato
- 361 BC Begins third Syracuse mission Plato
- 360 BC Removed to soldiers’ quarters Plato
- 360 BC Returns permanently to Athens Plato
- 347 BC Dies and is buried at the Academy Plato
- 341 BC Birth on Samos Epicurus