Writers in Rome
The atlas holds 67 people and 164 moments here, from 211 BC to 2025. The most recorded lives are Michelangelo, Cicero and Julius Caesar.
Notable people
Arthur Schopenhauer
in 1819
1 moment here
German philosopher and writer, born in Danzig and dead in Frankfurt am Main. His documented movements included childhood residences in Hamburg and Le…
Augustine of Hippo
from 383 to 388
2 moments here
Aurelius Augustinus, known as Augustine of Hippo, was a North African rhetorician, Christian theologian, philosopher, priest, and bishop.…
Benito Mussolini
from 1929 to 1940
4 moments here
Italian journalist, Fascist leader, and dictator of Italy from 1922 until his removal in 1943.…
Carrie Fisher
in 2016
1 moment here
Carrie Frances Fisher was an American actress, writer, and public advocate, internationally known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars films.…
Charles Dickens
in 1845
1 moment here
English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…
Cicero
from 87 BC to 47 BC
10 moments here
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC) was a Roman lawyer, orator, philosopher, consul, provincial governor, and defender of the late Republic.…
Dante Alighieri
from 1300 to 1301
2 moments here
Florentine poet, prose writer, philosopher, and statesman whose Divine Comedy became a foundational work of Italian and European literature.…
Desiderius Erasmus
in 1509
1 moment here
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, theologian, editor, and author. Erasmus was born in the Burgundian Netherlands, educated in the Low…
Francis of Assisi
from 1209 to 1215
2 moments here
Italian Catholic friar, deacon, preacher, and founder of the Order of Friars Minor. Born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone at Assisi, he renounced his…
François Rabelais
from 1534 to 1535
2 moments here
French Renaissance writer, physician, humanist, and Catholic priest. His birth date is disputed, with scholarship placing it between 1483 and 1494;…
Friedrich Nietzsche
in 1882
1 moment here
German philosopher, classical philologist, cultural critic, poet, and author. Born in Röcken, Nietzsche was educated at Schulpforta and Leipzig,…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
in 1863
1 moment here
Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…
Gabriela Mistral
from 1924 to 1928
2 moments here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
Gabriel García Márquez
in 1955
1 moment here
Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…
Giordano Bruno
from 1576 to 1600
3 moments here
Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…
Giovanni Boccaccio
in 1367
1 moment here
Italian writer, poet, and humanist, best known for the Decameron. His documented life moved between Florence, Naples, Romagna, papal Avignon and…
Giuseppe Verdi
from 1848 to 1893
3 moments here
Italian composer whose career transformed nineteenth-century opera. Born near Busseto, Verdi studied and worked in Busseto and Milan, then traveled…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
in 1689
2 moments here
German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Hadrian
in 118
1 moment here
Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian traveled extensively through the Roman Empire, inspecting frontiers and armies, intervening in provincial…
Hannibal
in 211 BC
1 moment here
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…
Hans Christian Andersen
from 1833 to 1840
3 moments here
Danish writer renowned for literary fairy tales including “The Little Mermaid,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Snow Queen,” and “The Ugly…
Helen Keller
in 1946
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Horace
in 8 BC
1 moment here
Quintus Horatius Flaccus, known as Horace, was a Roman lyric poet, satirist, and former republican military tribune.…
James Joyce
in 1906
1 moment here
Irish novelist, poet, and critic whose life moved between Dublin, continental Europe, and Switzerland.…
Moments
- 211 BC Marches to the gates of Rome Hannibal
- 100 BC Born in Rome Julius Caesar
- 87 BC Studies with Philo in Rome Cicero
- 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
- 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
- 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 Assassinated at the Curia of Pompey Julius Caesar
- 37 BC Finished the Eclogues in Rome Virgil
- 36 BC Departed Rome for Brundisium Virgil
- 8 BC Death in Rome Horace
- 5 Childhood residence and education Seneca the Younger
- 8 Banished from Rome Ovid
- 31 Return from Egypt Seneca the Younger
- 49 Recall to Nero's court Seneca the Younger
- 54 Accession before the Praetorian cohort Nero
- 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 169 Return with Lucius Verus's body Marcus Aurelius