WORLD HISTORY THROUGH BIOGRAPHY

Ancient and Classical Rome: 753 BC - 476 AD

ROMULUS & REMUS

783-743

Founders of Rome

TARQUINUS SUPERBUS

550-500

Ruler of Rome

 

LUCIOUS BRUTUS

540-480

Founder of Roman Republic

 

CINCINNATUS

519-448

Roman Farmer

 

QUINTUS FLAVIUS MAXIMUS

260-203

Roman General

 

HANNIBAL

247-182

Carthaginian General

 

SCIPIO AFRICANUS

236-183

Roman General

 

CATO

234-149

Roman Senator

 

SCIPIO AEMILIANUS

185-129

Roman General

 

TIBERIUS  AND GAIUS GRACCHUS

168-133

Roman Tribune

 

MARIUS

157-86

Roman Tribune

 

SULLA

138-78

Roman General

 

MITHRIATES

135-63

Ruler of Hellenistic Greece

 

MARCUS LICINIUS CRASSUS

115-53

Roman Banker

SPARTACUS

110-71

Roman Slave

 

GAIUS POMPEY

106-48

Roman General

 

CICERO

Marcus Tullius Cicero was the greatest orator and political philosopher of later republican Rome. He taught the chief schools of Greek philosophy to the Romans (constructing Latin vocabulary in the process), and his great stance against empire stands as inspriation to patriots throughout the West today.

106-43

Roman Orator

 

JULIUS CAESAR

101-44

Emperor of Rome

 

LUCRETIUS

94-55

Roman Writer

 

VERCINGETORIX

90-46

Celtic Leader

 

MARCUS BRUTUS

85-42

Roman Senator

 

MARC ANTONY

83-30

Roman Ruler of Egypt

 

HEROD

73-4

King of the Jews

 

VIRGIL

70-19

Roman Writer

 

CLEOPATRA

69-30

Queen of Egypt

 

HORATIUS

65-8

Roman Writer

 

STRABO

63-19

Greek Geographer

 

MARCUS AGRIPPA

63-12

Roman General

 

AUGUSTUS CAESAR

63-14 AD

Emperor of Rome

 

LIVY

59-17 AD

Roman Writer

 

OVID

43-17 AD

Roman Writer

 

TIBERIUS

42-37 AD

Emperor of Rome

 

PHILO

20-40 AD

Jewish Hellenistic Philosopher

 

MARY

20 BC - 63 AD

Mother of God

 

HERMANN

18 BC - 21 AD

Germanic Warrior Chief

 

SENECA

5-65 AD

Roman Writer

 

JOHN THE BAPTIST

5-33 AD

Israelite Baptist

 

*Before Christ

 ********

Anno Domini* 

JESUS CHRIST

4-30 AD

Messiah

 

ST. PETER

5-64

Evangelist of Christ

 

ST. PAUL

5-67

Evangelist of Christ

 

VESPASIAN

9-79

Emperor of Rome

 

CLAUDIUS

10-54

Emperor of Rome

 

CALIGULA

12-41

Emperor of Rome

 

NERVA

32-98

Emperor of Rome

 

NERO

37-68

Emperor of Rome

 

JOSEPHUS

37-100

Jewish General

 

TITUS

39-81

Emperor of Rome

 

PLUTARCH

46-120

Roman Writer

 

AKIBA BEN JOSEPH

50-135

Jewish Rabbi

MANTHEO 250 BC--

 

TRAJAN

53-117

Emperor of Rome

 

TACITUS

55-120

Roman Historian

 

JUVENAL

55-130

Roman Writer

 

SIMON BAR KOKHBA

65-135

Jewish Rabbi

 

HADRIAN

76-138

Emperor of Rome

 

PTOLEMY

Greek by biology, Egyptian by geography and Roman by sociology, Ptolemy used perfect argumentation to prove the geocentric hypothesis, that the Earth was at the center of the cosmos and all revolved around it. He was beautifully wrong, of course, but his writ was taken as holy for 1,500 years. As a side note, he codified longitude and latitude, too. (BC)

80-145

Greek Scientist

 

ANTONINUS PIUS

86-161

Emperor of Rome

 

MARCUS AURELIUS

121-180

Emperor of Rome

 

GALEN

130-201

Roman Scientist

 

SEPTIMUS SEVERUS

146-211

Emperor of Rome

 

COMMODUS

161-192

Emperor of Rome

 

ST. VALENTINE

239-269

Catholic Priest

 

DIOCLETIAN

245-316

Emperor of Rome

 

ARIUS

250-336

Christian Reformer

 

CONSTANTINE

274-337

Emperor of Rome

 

ST. BASIL

329-379

Founder of Eastern Monasticism

 

ST. AMBROSE

339-397

Writer of Catholic Liturgy

 

THEODOSIUS I

346-395

Emperor of Rome

 

ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

347-407

Writer of Orthodox Liturgy

HYPATIA

351-370

Greek Scientist

ST. AUGUSTINE

354-430

Apostle of the English

ALARIC

370-410

Leader of the Visigoths

ST. PATRICK

385-461

Apostle of the Irish

 

ST. SIMEON STYLITES

387-459

Esthetic

 

POPE LEO I

390-461

Pope

 

ATILLA THE HUN

406-453

Leader of the Huns

 

ODOACER

440-493

Leader of the Ostragoths

 

ROMULUS AUGUSTUS

456-486

Last Emperor of Rome

 

 

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