Political Leaders in Athens
The atlas holds 7 people and 15 moments here, from 480 BC to 2014. The most recorded lives are Sophocles, Hadrian and Cicero.
Notable people
Cicero
from 79 BC to 50 BC
3 moments here
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC) was a Roman lawyer, orator, philosopher, consul, provincial governor, and defender of the late Republic.…
Hadrian
from 124 to 131
4 moments here
Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian traveled extensively through the Roman Empire, inspecting frontiers and armies, intervening in provincial…
Li Keqiang
in 2014
1 moment here
Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
Lord Byron
in 1810
1 moment here
George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824), was a British poet, peer, and political speaker.…
Marcus Aurelius
in 176
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…
Sophocles
from 480 BC to 406 BC
4 moments here
Ancient Athenian tragic playwright, probably born at Colonus in Attica and active chiefly in Athens.…
Winston Churchill
in 1944
1 moment here
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…
Moments
- 480 BC Victory paean after Salamis Sophocles
- 468 BC First Dionysia victory Sophocles
- 420 BC Reception of Asclepius at his house Sophocles
- 406 BC Mourning appearance at the City Dionysia proagon Sophocles
- 79 BC Studies philosophy at Athens Cicero
- 51 BC Arrives in Athens en route to Cilicia Cicero
- 50 BC Visits Athens on return from Cilicia Cicero
- 124 Visits Athens on his first imperial Greek tour Hadrian
- 125 Advances the Olympieion program at Athens Hadrian
- 128 Resides in Athens through the winter Hadrian
- 131 Returns to Athens for the Olympieion dedication Hadrian
- 176 Initiation at Athens Marcus Aurelius
- 1810 Writing in Athens Lord Byron
- 1944 Flies to Athens during Greek crisis Winston Churchill
- 2014 Official visit to Greece Li Keqiang