Political Leaders in Rome

The atlas holds 39 people and 137 moments here, from 211 BC to 2025. The most recorded lives are Augustus, Galileo Galilei and Cicero.

Notable people

1. Mikhail Gorbachev

   from 1971 to 1989

   3 moments here

   Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…

2. Montesquieu

   in 1729

   2 moments here

   Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.…

3. Nelson Mandela

   in 1998

   1 moment here

   South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…

4. Nero

   from 54 to 68

   6 moments here

   Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was Roman emperor from 13 October 54 to 9 June 68. This chronology records securely documented physical…

5. Niccolò Machiavelli

   from 1503 to 1525

   2 moments here

   Florentine diplomat, civil servant, political theorist, playwright, and historian of the Italian Renaissance.…

6. Nicolaus Copernicus

   in 1500

   1 moment here

   Renaissance astronomer, canon, physician, administrator, and economist whose heliocentric model placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the…

7. Peter Paul Rubens

   from 1601 to 1606

   2 moments here

   Flemish Baroque painter, designer, humanist, collector, and diplomat. Rubens was born at Siegen, spent formative years in Cologne and Antwerp, worked…

8. Pope Francis

   from 2001 to 2025

   7 moments here

   Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was an Argentine Jesuit priest, archbishop of Buenos Aires, cardinal, and head of the Catholic Church and…

9. Pope John Paul II

   from 1946 to 2005

   9 moments here

   Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920–2005), Pope John Paul II from 1978, was a Polish Catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope.…

10. Ronald Reagan

    from 1982 to 1990

    4 moments here

    American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…

11. 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.…

12. Simón Bolívar

    in 1805

    2 moments here

    Venezuelan military and political leader known as El Libertador. Bolívar led revolutionary campaigns that helped secure the independence of…

13. 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…

14. Theodore Roosevelt

    in 1870

    1 moment here

    Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…

15. Winston Churchill

    in 1944

    1 moment here

    Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…

Moments

1. 121 Birth on the Caelian Hill Marcus Aurelius
2. 138 Move into Hadrian's imperial residence Marcus Aurelius
3. 138 Residence as imperial heir Marcus Aurelius
4. 161 Accession ceremony at the Praetorian camp Marcus Aurelius
5. 169 Return with Lucius Verus's body Marcus Aurelius
6. 176 Triumph after the eastern tour Marcus Aurelius
7. 312 Enters Rome in triumph Constantine the Great
8. 312 Wins at the Milvian Bridge Constantine the Great
9. 312 Winters in Rome Constantine the Great
10. 326 Returns to Rome for the vicennalia Constantine the Great
11. 1300 Observed Jubilee crowds in Rome Dante Alighieri
12. 1301 Joined the embassy to Pope Boniface VIII Dante Alighieri
13. 1367 Embassy to the papal court in Rome Giovanni Boccaccio
14. 1500 Jubilee-year stay in Rome Nicolaus Copernicus
15. 1503 Papal-conclave mission Niccolò Machiavelli
16. 1513 Moves to Rome Leonardo da Vinci
17. 1525 Presentation of Florentine Histories Niccolò Machiavelli
18. 1580 Arrival in Rome at Porta del Popolo Michel de Montaigne
19. 1580 Audience with Pope Gregory XIII Michel de Montaigne
20. 1580 Roman lodging near Santa Lucia della Tinta Michel de Montaigne
21. 1581 Treatment at the Roman baths Michel de Montaigne
22. 1581 Departure from Rome for home Michel de Montaigne
23. 1601 First Roman residence Peter Paul Rubens
24. 1606 Second extended stay in Rome Peter Paul Rubens
25. 1611 Visited the Collegium Romanum Galileo Galilei
26. 1611 Worked in Rome with the Linceans Galileo Galilei
27. 1616 Admonished at Bellarmine's residence Galileo Galilei
28. 1616 Completed a six-month Roman stay Galileo Galilei
29. 1624 Arrived in Rome to meet Urban VIII Galileo Galilei
30. 1624 Received by Pope Urban VIII Galileo Galilei
31. 1624 Demonstrated a microscope in Rome Galileo Galilei
32. 1630 Returned to Rome for printing approval Galileo Galilei
33. 1633 Lodged at the Tuscan embassy in Rome Galileo Galilei
34. 1633 Abjured at Santa Maria sopra Minerva Galileo Galilei
35. 1633 Appeared before the Holy Office Galileo Galilei
36. 1689 Arrival in Rome Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
37. 1689 Second Rome stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
38. 1729 First Roman stay begins Montesquieu
39. 1729 Return to Rome from Naples Montesquieu
40. 1786 Arrives in Rome Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
41. 1786 Lives with Tischbein in Via del Corso Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
42. 1787 Begins second Roman residence Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
43. 1805 Reaches Rome Simón Bolívar
44. 1805 Swears the Monte Sacro oath Simón Bolívar
45. 1817 Journey to Rome Lord Byron
46. 1848 Visit to revolutionary Rome Giuseppe Verdi
47. 1853 Visit for Il trovatore Giuseppe Verdi
48. 1870 Visit to Rome and meeting with Pius IX Theodore Roosevelt
49. 1893 Falstaff premiere visit to Rome Giuseppe Verdi
50. 1924 First European journey: Italy Gabriela Mistral

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