Rome in the Ancient World
The atlas holds 28 people and 90 moments here, from 211 BC to 472. The most recorded lives are Augustus, Cicero and Julius Caesar.
Notable people
Augustine of Hippo
from 383 to 388
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Aurelius Augustinus, known as Augustine of Hippo, was a North African rhetorician, Christian theologian, philosopher, priest, and bishop.…
Augustus
from 63 BC to 4
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Augustus, born Gaius Octavius and conventionally called Octavian before 27 BC, founded the Roman principate.…
Cicero
from 87 BC to 47 BC
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Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC) was a Roman lawyer, orator, philosopher, consul, provincial governor, and defender of the late Republic.…
Cleopatra
from 46 BC to 44 BC
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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.…
Constantine the Great
from 312 to 326
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Roman emperor from 306 to 337. Born at Naissus, Constantine served under Diocletian and Galerius in the eastern empire, joined his father in Britain,…
Epictetus
in 93
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Greek Stoic philosopher, born enslaved at Hierapolis in Phrygia, later active in Rome, and founder of a philosophical school at Nicopolis in Epirus.…
Galen
from 162 to 169
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Galen of Pergamon was a Greek physician, surgeon, medical author, and philosopher active in the Roman Empire.…
Gallienus
from 253 to 260
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Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (c. 218–September 268) was Roman emperor, co-ruling with his father Valerian from 253 and ruling alone from 260.…
Hadrian
in 118
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Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian traveled extensively through the Roman Empire, inspecting frontiers and armies, intervening in provincial…
Hannibal
in 211 BC
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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 211 BC
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Hannibal (Hannibal Barca) was a Carthaginian general and statesman, born at Carthage in 247 BC.…
Helena, mother of Constantine I
from 317 to 330
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Flavia Julia Helena, later Augusta, was the mother of Constantine I. The surviving evidence supports only a sparse itinerary: a traditional Bithynian…
Horace
in 8 BC
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Quintus Horatius Flaccus, known as Horace, was a Roman lyric poet, satirist, and former republican military tribune.…
Julius Caesar
from 100 BC to 44 BC
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Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman politician, general, orator and author whose career spanned the late Roman Republic.…
Marcus Aurelius
from 121 to 176
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Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher. This chronology records securely attested physical presence from his birth and Roman residences…
Nero
from 54 to 68
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Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was Roman emperor from 13 October 54 to 9 June 68. This chronology records securely documented physical…
Odoacer
in 472
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Odoacer (c. 433–15 March 493) was a Roman military officer and ruler of Italy from 476 until his killing by Theodoric at Ravenna.…
Ovid
in 8
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Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) was a Roman poet born at Sulmo. Educated in Rome, he later travelled in Greece, Asia Minor, and Sicily, though the…
Paul the Apostle
from 60 to 64
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Paul (Saul of Tarsus) was a first-century Jewish Christian apostle and missionary. The chronology below follows the traditional reconstruction used…
Pliny the Elder
from 64 to 67
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Gaius Plinius Secundus, known as Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, military commander, and imperial procurator.…
Plotinus
in 244
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Plotinus was a Greek-speaking philosopher from Roman Egypt and the foundational figure of Neoplatonism.…
Plutarch
in 70
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Greek Platonist philosopher, biographer, essayist, magistrate, and Delphic priest. He was born at Chaeronea between 45 and 47 CE and died after 119…
Pompey
in 81 BC
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Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, known as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a Roman general and statesman of the late Roman Republic.…
Saint Peter
from 42 to 64
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Simon Peter, also called Cephas, was a Galilean fisherman and leading figure among Jesus’ disciples and the early Jerusalem movement.…
Moments
- 211 BC Marches to the gates of Rome Hannibal
- 211 BC March on Rome Hannibal
- 100 BC Born in Rome Julius Caesar
- 87 BC Studies with Philo in Rome Cicero
- 81 BC Return and first triumph Pompey
- 78 BC Returns to Rome after Sulla's death Julius Caesar
- 77 BC Returns to Rome from eastern studies Cicero
- 70 BC Prosecutes Verres at Rome Cicero
- 68 BC Writes from Rome Cicero
- 63 BC Accompanies Lentulus to the Tullianum Cicero
- 63 BC Born on the Palatine Hill Augustus
- 61 BC Writes from Rome after his consulship Cicero
- 59 BC Serves as consul in Rome Julius Caesar
- 59 BC Returns to Rome Cicero
- 57 BC Re-enters Rome after exile Cicero
- 55 BC Continued his studies in Rome Virgil
- 49 BC Arrives outside Rome with imperium Cicero
- 49 BC Returns to Rome during the civil war Julius Caesar
- 47 BC Returns to Rome after Caesar's victory Cicero
- 47 BC Assumes the toga of manhood Augustus
- 46 BC Presides over Caesar’s Greek games Augustus
- 46 BC Lodged at Caesar's villa in Rome Cleopatra
- 46 BC Celebrates triumphs in Rome Julius Caesar
- 45 BC Returns to Rome after Spain Julius Caesar
- 44 BC Dines at Lepidus' house on the eve of the assassination Julius Caesar
- 44 BC Watches the Lupercalia from the Rostra Julius Caesar
- 44 BC First journey to Rome Strabo
- 44 BC Assassinated at the Curia of Pompey Julius Caesar
- 44 BC Remained in Rome after Caesar's murder Cleopatra
- 44 BC Returns to Rome as Caesar’s heir Augustus
- 44 BC Enters Rome with a private army Augustus
- 43 BC Marches on the capital Augustus
- 39 BC Attacked by a Roman food-riot mob Augustus
- 37 BC Finished the Eclogues in Rome Virgil
- 36 BC Departed Rome for Brundisium Virgil
- 35 BC Witnessed Selurus's execution Strabo
- 32 BC Confronts Antony’s supporters in the Senate Augustus
- 31 BC Rome and the Temple of Ceres Strabo
- 29 BC Celebrates three Roman triumphs Augustus
- 27 BC Maintains his principal Palatine residence Augustus
- 9 BC Delivers a eulogy for Drusus Augustus
- 8 BC Death in Rome Horace
- 7 BC Final documented Roman visit Strabo
- 4 Adopts Tiberius in Rome Augustus
- 5 Childhood residence and education Seneca the Younger
- 8 Banished from Rome Ovid
- 31 Return from Egypt Seneca the Younger
- 42 Traditional arrival in Rome Saint Peter
- 49 Recall to Nero's court Seneca the Younger
- 54 Accession before the Praetorian cohort Nero