Naples in the Ancient World
The atlas holds 9 people and 20 moments here, from 55 BC to 138. The most recorded lives are Cicero, Nero and Virgil.
Notable people
Augustus
from 38 BC to 14
2 moments here
Augustus, born Gaius Octavius and conventionally called Octavian before 27 BC, founded the Roman principate.…
Cicero
from 55 BC to 44 BC
4 moments here
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC) was a Roman lawyer, orator, philosopher, consul, provincial governor, and defender of the late Republic.…
Hadrian
in 138
1 moment here
Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian traveled extensively through the Roman Empire, inspecting frontiers and armies, intervening in provincial…
Nero
from 59 to 68
4 moments here
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was Roman emperor from 13 October 54 to 9 June 68. This chronology records securely documented physical…
Paul the Apostle
in 60
1 moment here
Paul (Saul of Tarsus) was a first-century Jewish Christian apostle and missionary. The chronology below follows the traditional reconstruction used…
Pliny the Elder
in 79
3 moments here
Gaius Plinius Secundus, known as Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, military commander, and imperial procurator.…
Pompey
in 49 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.…
Seneca the Younger
in 65
1 moment here
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, commonly called Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, writer, and statesman.…
Virgil
from 30 BC to 19 BC
3 moments here
Publius Vergilius Maro, known as Virgil, was a Roman poet of the Augustan age and the author of the Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid.…
Moments
- 55 BC Stays at Cumae Cicero
- 54 BC Spring residence at Cumae Cicero
- 49 BC Recruiting illness at Naples Pompey
- 44 BC Reaches Puteoli Cicero
- 44 BC Stops at his Cuman house Cicero
- 38 BC Retreats to Campania after naval defeats Augustus
- 30 BC Completed the Georgics at Naples Virgil
- 29 BC Read the Georgics at Atella Virgil
- 19 BC Buried beside the road to Pozzuoli Virgil
- 14 Attends games at Naples Augustus
- 59 Festival stay at Baiae Nero
- 59 Meeting Agrippina at Bauli Nero
- 60 Transit through Puteoli Paul the Apostle
- 65 Return from Campania Seneca the Younger
- 67 Victors' entry into Naples Nero
- 68 At Naples when news of revolt arrived Nero
- 79 Fleet commander at Misenum Pliny the Elder
- 79 Approach to Herculaneum during the eruption Pliny the Elder
- 79 Rescue voyage across the Gulf of Naples Pliny the Elder
- 138 Dies at his villa in Baiae Hadrian