Tunis in the Ancient World
The atlas holds 6 people and 22 moments here, from 247 BC to 421. The most recorded lives are Augustine of Hippo, Hannibal and Tertullian.
Notable people
Apuleius
in 169
2 moments here
Apuleius was a Numidian Latin prose writer, Platonist philosopher, and public speaker. The surviving evidence securely places him at his birthplace,…
Augustine of Hippo
from 371 to 421
12 moments here
Aurelius Augustinus, known as Augustine of Hippo, was a North African rhetorician, Christian theologian, philosopher, priest, and bishop.…
Hadrian
in 128
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 247 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…
Hannibal
from 247 BC to 195 BC
3 moments here
Hannibal (Hannibal Barca) was a Carthaginian general and statesman, born at Carthage in 247 BC.…
Tertullian
from 155 to 212
3 moments here
Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus was an early Christian Latin author associated securely with Carthage in Roman Africa.…
Moments
- 247 BC Born at Carthage Hannibal
- 247 BC Birth at Carthage Hannibal
- 203 BC Return to Carthage Hannibal
- 195 BC Voluntary exile from Carthage Hannibal
- 128 Tours Sicily and Roman Africa Hadrian
- 155 Birth at Carthage Tertullian
- 169 Oration at Carthage Apuleius
- 169 Treatment at the Persian Baths Apuleius
- 197 Writing of Apologeticus Tertullian
- 212 Carthage literary career endpoint Tertullian
- 371 Rhetorical studies in Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 374 Rhetoric school in Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 397 Council of Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 399 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 401 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 403 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 405 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 410 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 411 Conference of Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 418 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 419 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo
- 421 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo