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
Seneca the Younger
from 5 to 65
6 moments here
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, commonly called Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, writer, and statesman.…
Strabo
from 44 BC to 7 BC
4 moments here
Greek geographer and historian from Amaseia in Pontus. The dates are approximate: ancient and modern sources give his birth as 64 or 63 BC and his…
Tacitus
from 88 to 104
4 moments here
Publius Cornelius Tacitus was a Roman historian, senator, orator, and provincial governor. His birth date and place are uncertain; he was probably…
Virgil
from 55 BC to 36 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
- 60 House arrest and preaching at Rome Paul the Apostle
- 62 Retirement on country estates Seneca the Younger
- 64 Death at Rome Paul the Apostle
- 64 Witnessing construction of the Domus Aurea Pliny the Elder
- 64 Traditional crucifixion on Vatican Hill Saint Peter
- 64 Return to fire-stricken Rome Nero
- 65 Death under Nero Seneca the Younger
- 65 Imperial sentence at country house outside Rome Seneca the Younger
- 66 Coronation of Tiridates in the Roman Forum Nero
- 67 Triumphal-style return to Rome Nero
- 67 Residence and literary work under Nero Pliny the Elder
- 68 Panic return to Rome Nero
- 68 Flight to Phaon's villa and death Nero
- 70 Visit to Rome with Lucius Mestrius Florus Plutarch
- 88 Secular Games service Tacitus
- 93 Teaching philosophy in Rome Epictetus
- 97 Funeral oration for Verginius Rufus Tacitus
- 100 Prosecution of Marius Priscus Tacitus
- 104 Return to Rome Tacitus
- 118 Returns to Rome as emperor Hadrian
- 121 Birth on the Caelian Hill Marcus Aurelius
- 138 Move into Hadrian's imperial residence Marcus Aurelius
- 138 Residence as imperial heir Marcus Aurelius
- 161 Accession ceremony at the Praetorian camp Marcus Aurelius
- 162 First residence in Rome Galen
- 169 Second stay in Rome and imperial household Galen
- 169 Return with Lucius Verus's body Marcus Aurelius
- 176 Triumph after the eastern tour Marcus Aurelius
- 244 Settlement and teaching in Rome Plotinus
- 253 Ceremonial appearance as co-emperor Gallienus
- 260 Return to the imperial capital Gallienus
- 312 Enters Rome in triumph Constantine the Great
- 312 Wins at the Milvian Bridge Constantine the Great
- 312 Winters in Rome Constantine the Great
- 317 Residence at the Palatium Sessorianum Helena, mother of Constantine I
- 326 Returns to Rome for the vicennalia Constantine the Great
- 330 Death at Rome Helena, mother of Constantine I
- 383 Move to Rome Augustine of Hippo
- 388 Study of monastic life in Rome Augustine of Hippo
- 472 Siege of Rome with Ricimer Odoacer