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
Jean-Paul Sartre
in 1933
1 moment here
French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…
Jimmy Carter
in 1980
2 moments here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
from 1786 to 1787
3 moments here
German poet, dramatist, novelist, scientist, theatre director, and statesman. Born in Frankfurt, Goethe studied in Leipzig and Strasbourg, practiced…
John F. Kennedy
in 1963
2 moments here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
John Milton
from 1638 to 1639
3 moments here
English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. This chronology follows documented residences, education, continental travel, marriages, public service,…
Jorge Luis Borges
from 1977 to 1981
2 moments here
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Jules Verne
in 1884
1 moment here
French novelist, playwright, and poet whose documented life included residences and work in Nantes, Paris, Amiens, Auteuil, and Le Crotoy, together…
Julius Caesar
from 100 BC to 44 BC
9 moments here
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman politician, general, orator and author whose career spanned the late Roman Republic.…
Le Corbusier
in 1922
1 moment here
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
Leonardo da Vinci
in 1513
1 moment here
Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…
Lord Byron
in 1817
1 moment here
George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824), was a British poet, peer, and political speaker.…
Mahatma Gandhi
in 1931
1 moment here
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…
Marcus Aurelius
from 121 to 176
6 moments here
Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher. This chronology records securely attested physical presence from his birth and Roman residences…
Martin Luther
in 1510
1 moment here
German Augustinian friar, priest, theologian, professor, translator, and leading figure of the Protestant Reformation.…
Michael Faraday
in 1814
1 moment here
English chemist and physicist whose experimental work transformed the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.…
Michelangelo
from 1496 to 1564
11 moments here
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.…
Michel de Montaigne
from 1580 to 1581
5 moments here
French Renaissance writer, magistrate, diplomat, and two-term mayor of Bordeaux, best known for the Essais.…
Miguel de Cervantes
in 1569
1 moment here
Spanish novelist, playwright, poet, soldier, purchasing agent and tax collector, best known for Don Quixote.…
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.…
Mother Teresa
in 1983
1 moment here
Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa or Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun.…
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,…
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…
Niccolò Machiavelli
from 1503 to 1525
2 moments here
Florentine diplomat, civil servant, political theorist, playwright, and historian of the Italian Renaissance.…
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…
Moments
- 176 Triumph after the eastern tour Marcus Aurelius
- 383 Move to Rome Augustine of Hippo
- 388 Study of monastic life in Rome Augustine of Hippo
- 1209 Journey to Rome for approval of the Rule Francis of Assisi
- 1215 Attendance at the Fourth Lateran Council Francis of Assisi
- 1244 Meeting the Dominican master general in Rome Thomas Aquinas
- 1265 Papal theologian and teacher at Santa Sabina Thomas Aquinas
- 1300 Observed Jubilee crowds in Rome Dante Alighieri
- 1301 Joined the embassy to Pope Boniface VIII Dante Alighieri
- 1337 First Roman visit Petrarch
- 1341 Poet laureate at Rome Petrarch
- 1350 Jubilee visit to Rome Petrarch
- 1367 Embassy to the papal court in Rome Giovanni Boccaccio
- 1496 Arrives in Rome Michelangelo
- 1500 Jubilee-year stay in Rome Nicolaus Copernicus
- 1503 Papal-conclave mission Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1505 Summoned to Rome by Julius II Michelangelo
- 1506 Leaves Rome after papal dispute Michelangelo
- 1508 Returns to Rome from Bologna Michelangelo
- 1509 Visits to Rome Desiderius Erasmus
- 1510 Undertakes mission to Rome Martin Luther
- 1513 Moves to Rome Leonardo da Vinci
- 1525 Presentation of Florentine Histories Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1534 First documented Roman mission with Jean du Bellay François Rabelais
- 1534 Settles permanently in Rome Michelangelo
- 1535 Second Roman diplomatic journey François Rabelais
- 1536 Paints The Last Judgment Michelangelo
- 1542 Works in the Pauline Chapel Michelangelo
- 1547 Takes charge at St. Peter’s Michelangelo
- 1550 Sculpts the Bandini Pietà in Rome Michelangelo
- 1564 Dies at Macel de’ Corvi Michelangelo
- 1564 Works on the Rondanini Pietà Michelangelo
- 1569 Serves Cardinal Acquaviva in Rome Miguel de Cervantes
- 1576 Lodging at Santa Maria sopra Minerva Giordano Bruno
- 1580 Arrival in Rome at Porta del Popolo Michel de Montaigne
- 1580 Audience with Pope Gregory XIII Michel de Montaigne
- 1580 Roman lodging near Santa Lucia della Tinta Michel de Montaigne
- 1581 Treatment at the Roman baths Michel de Montaigne
- 1581 Departure from Rome for home Michel de Montaigne
- 1593 Transfer to the Roman Inquisition prison Giordano Bruno
- 1600 Execution at Campo de' Fiori Giordano Bruno
- 1638 First Roman stay John Milton
- 1638 Dinner at the English College John Milton
- 1639 Second Roman stay John Milton
- 1689 Arrival in Rome Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1689 Second Rome stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1729 First Roman stay begins Montesquieu
- 1729 Return to Rome from Naples Montesquieu
- 1786 Arrives in Rome Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1786 Lives with Tischbein in Via del Corso Johann Wolfgang von Goethe