Alexandria in the Roman Empire

The atlas holds 7 people and 13 moments here, from 25 BC to 415. The most recorded lives are Hypatia, Ptolemy and Catherine of Alexandria.

Catherine of Alexandria
from 287 to 305
2 moments here
Catherine of Alexandria is a traditionally venerated Christian virgin martyr associated with Alexandria in Roman Egypt.…
Galen
in 153
1 moment here
Galen of Pergamon was a Greek physician, surgeon, medical author, and philosopher active in the Roman Empire.…
Hypatia
from 370 to 415
5 moments here
Hypatia was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, and teacher. Her birth is disputed, with estimates ranging from about 350 to…
Marcus Aurelius
in 175
1 moment here
Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher. This chronology records securely attested physical presence from his birth and Roman residences…
Plotinus
in 232
1 moment here
Plotinus was a Greek-speaking philosopher from Roman Egypt and the foundational figure of Neoplatonism.…
Ptolemy
from 127 to 141
2 moments here
Claudius Ptolemy was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and music theorist.…
Strabo
in 25 BC
1 moment here
Greek geographer and historian from Amaseia in Pontus. The dates are approximate: ancient and modern sources give his birth as 64 or 63 BC and his…