Tunis in the Roman Empire

The atlas holds 6 people and 26 moments here, from 128 to 421. The most recorded lives are Augustine of Hippo, Cyprian and Tertullian.

Notable people

1. 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,…

2. 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.…

3. Cyprian

   from 210 to 258

   6 moments here

   Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus, known as Cyprian of Carthage, was a Roman African Christian bishop, writer, and martyr.…

4. Gordian II

   in 238

   2 moments here

   Roman emperor and co-emperor with his father, Gordian I, during the Year of the Six Emperors.…

5. 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…

6. 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

1. 128 Tours Sicily and Roman Africa Hadrian
2. 155 Birth at Carthage Tertullian
3. 169 Oration at Carthage Apuleius
4. 169 Treatment at the Persian Baths Apuleius
5. 197 Writing of Apologeticus Tertullian
6. 210 Birth at Carthage Cyprian
7. 212 Carthage literary career endpoint Tertullian
8. 238 Welcomed as emperor at Carthage Gordian II
9. 238 Killed at the Battle of Carthage Gordian II
10. 249 Election as bishop of Carthage Cyprian
11. 251 Council on the lapsed Cyprian
12. 257 First hearing before Paternus Cyprian
13. 258 Arrest and transfer to the estate of Sextus Cyprian
14. 258 Trial and execution at the field of Sextus Cyprian
15. 371 Rhetorical studies in Carthage Augustine of Hippo
16. 374 Rhetoric school in Carthage Augustine of Hippo
17. 397 Council of Carthage Augustine of Hippo
18. 399 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo
19. 401 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo
20. 403 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo
21. 405 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo
22. 410 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo
23. 411 Conference of Carthage Augustine of Hippo
24. 418 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo
25. 419 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo
26. 421 Council visit to Carthage Augustine of Hippo

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