Historical figures in Rhodes
The atlas holds 7 people and 8 moments here, from 79 BC to 1960. The most recorded lives are Cicero, Julius Caesar and Paul the Apostle. Among them Writers, Military Leaders and Political Leaders, across the Ancient World and the Cold War.
Notable people
Anthony Quinn
in 1960
1 moment here
Mexican-American actor, painter, sculptor, writer, and civil-rights supporter Anthony Quinn (Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca) worked in film,…
Cicero
from 79 BC to 50 BC
2 moments here
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC) was a Roman lawyer, orator, philosopher, consul, provincial governor, and defender of the late Republic.…
Gamal Abdel Nasser
in 1949
1 moment here
Egyptian army officer, leader of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, and president of Egypt from 1954 until his death.…
Julius Caesar
in 75 BC
1 moment here
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman politician, general, orator and author whose career spanned the late Roman Republic.…
Paul the Apostle
in 57
1 moment here
Paul (Saul of Tarsus) was a first-century Jewish Christian apostle and missionary. The chronology below follows the traditional reconstruction used…
Suleiman the Magnificent
in 1522
1 moment here
Ottoman sultan from 1520 to 1566, known in Ottoman tradition as Kanuni, the Lawgiver. Born at Trabzon and educated for dynastic rule, Suleiman…
Yitzhak Rabin
in 1949
1 moment here
Israeli military officer, statesman, prime minister, ambassador, and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…
Moments
- 79 BC Trains with Molon at Rhodes Cicero
- 75 BC Studies rhetoric on Rhodes Julius Caesar
- 50 BC Stops at Rhodes on the homeward voyage Cicero
- 57 Visit to Rhodes Paul the Apostle
- 1522 Takes personal charge at Rhodes Suleiman the Magnificent
- 1949 Egyptian armistice talks Yitzhak Rabin
- 1949 Armistice delegation to Rhodes Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1960 Filming The Guns of Navarone Anthony Quinn