Antioch in the Ancient World
The atlas holds 10 people and 16 moments here, from 195 BC to 397. The most recorded lives are Paul the Apostle, John Chrysostom and Augustus.
Notable people
Augustus
in 30 BC
1 moment here
Augustus, born Gaius Octavius and conventionally called Octavian before 27 BC, founded the Roman principate.…
Cleopatra
in 35 BC
1 moment here
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.…
Hadrian
in 123
1 moment here
Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian traveled extensively through the Roman Empire, inspecting frontiers and armies, intervening in provincial…
Hannibal
in 195 BC
1 moment here
Hannibal Barca was a Carthaginian general and statesman best known for leading an army from Iberia across the Alps into Italy during the Second Punic…
Hannibal
in 195 BC
1 moment here
Hannibal (Hannibal Barca) was a Carthaginian general and statesman, born at Carthage in 247 BC.…
John Chrysostom
from 347 to 397
4 moments here
John Chrysostom (c. 347–407) was a Christian preacher, theologian, and archbishop of Constantinople.…
Lucian of Samosata
in 162
1 moment here
Syrian-born Greek-language satirist, rhetorician, and pamphleteer, conventionally dated c. 125 to after 180.…
Paul the Apostle
from 44 to 52
4 moments here
Paul (Saul of Tarsus) was a first-century Jewish Christian apostle and missionary. The chronology below follows the traditional reconstruction used…
Pompey
in 63 BC
1 moment here
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, known as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a Roman general and statesman of the late Roman Republic.…
Saint Peter
in 48
1 moment here
Simon Peter, also called Cephas, was a Galilean fisherman and leading figure among Jesus’ disciples and the early Jerusalem movement.…
Moments
- 195 BC Continues to Antioch Hannibal
- 195 BC Visit to Antioch Hannibal
- 63 BC Departure from Antioch Pompey
- 35 BC Traveled with Antony to Antioch Cleopatra
- 30 BC Passes through Syria en route to Egypt Augustus
- 44 Mission base at Antioch Paul the Apostle
- 46 Departure from Antioch on first mission Paul the Apostle
- 48 Incident at Antioch Saint Peter
- 49 Return to Antioch after first mission Paul the Apostle
- 52 Return north to Antioch Paul the Apostle
- 123 Returns to Antioch for Parthian diplomacy Hadrian
- 162 Documented stay at Antioch Lucian of Samosata
- 347 Birth at Antioch John Chrysostom
- 386 Preaching ministry in Antioch John Chrysostom
- 387 Lenten sermons after the Riot of the Statues John Chrysostom
- 397 Secret departure from Antioch John Chrysostom