Naples in the Roman Empire

The atlas holds 7 people and 12 moments here, from 19 BC to 138. The most recorded lives are Nero, Pliny the Elder and Augustus.

Notable people

  1. Augustus

    in 14

    1 moment here

    Augustus, born Gaius Octavius and conventionally called Octavian before 27 BC, founded the Roman principate.…

  2. 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…

  3. 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…

  4. 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…

  5. 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.…

  6. Seneca the Younger

    in 65

    1 moment here

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca, commonly called Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, writer, and statesman.…

  7. Virgil

    in 19 BC

    1 moment 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

  1. 19 BC Buried beside the road to Pozzuoli Virgil
  2. 14 Attends games at Naples Augustus
  3. 59 Festival stay at Baiae Nero
  4. 59 Meeting Agrippina at Bauli Nero
  5. 60 Transit through Puteoli Paul the Apostle
  6. 65 Return from Campania Seneca the Younger
  7. 67 Victors' entry into Naples Nero
  8. 68 At Naples when news of revolt arrived Nero
  9. 79 Fleet commander at Misenum Pliny the Elder
  10. 79 Approach to Herculaneum during the eruption Pliny the Elder
  11. 79 Rescue voyage across the Gulf of Naples Pliny the Elder
  12. 138 Dies at his villa in Baiae Hadrian

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