Roman Republic

By julia_bradish
  • 106 BCE

    Cicero

    He was an outstanding scholar, author, lawyer and statesman. He won acclaim as the greatest orator of his day. He influenced later Roman writers and students of Latin literature.
  • 99 BCE

    Lucretius

    He was a poet. He wrote a poem "On the Nature of Things", in this poem Lucretius preserved the teachings of Epicurus.
  • 70 BCE

    Virgil

    He was often called the "Homer of Rome". He was considered the greatest Roman poet. Rome was glorified because of the epic poem he wrote "Aemeid"
  • 65 BCE

    Horace

    He became the "Poet of the Augustan Age"
  • 59 BCE

    Livy

    Wrote a lengthy history of Rome. Livy drew from many reliable legends.He saw the traditional virtues and patriotism of the Rome people as the foundation of Rome's greatness.
  • 43 BCE

    Ovid

    Ovid wrote about mythology and love. He became popular among Rome's upper class because of his poems.
  • 37 BCE

    Tiberius

    He sentenced Jesus to death by crucifixion.
  • 3 BCE

    Seneca

    One of the leading Stoics of the Roman Empire. Outstanding writer, and thinker. Tutor of the emperor Nero.
  • 1 CE

    Jesus

    Jesus was born in the small Roman province of Judea. He saved his people from sin by dieing on the cross.
  • 1 CE

    Galen

    Medicine continued under the work of the Greek Physician. Studied animal lungs, heart, arteries, and blood.
  • 5

    Paul

    Paul's name was originally named Saul. He was born into a jewish home of Tarsus.
  • 45

    Plutarch

    Wrote biographies that compared the lives of important Greek and Roman men. Most famous Greek writer in the Roman Empire.
  • 54

    Nero

    First official Roman persecution of Christianity. Accused the Christians of setting fire to Rome.
  • 55

    Tacitus

    Favored the old republic over life under the self-centered emperor. His work "Annals"is a variable.
  • 60

    Juvenal

    Wrote bitter satires on the loose morals and social problems f the empire
  • 66

    Josephus

    Jewish historian. Recorded the conflict between the Jews and Romans. Warned the Jews of the folly of armed resistance against the Romans
  • 70

    Titus

    Breached the walls of Jerusalem. Looted the temple. Completely destroyed the city.
  • 85

    Ptolemy

    He promoted that the sun, moon, and planets revolve around the earth. Through based on false assumptions, his geocentric theory of the universe went unchallenged for almost fourteen centuries.
  • 180

    Marcus Aurelius

    Scholar, Philosopher, administrator, and so called Good Emperors of Rome. Known as the "philosopher-king"
  • 284

    Diocletian

    Dismissed Christians soldiers from the army and ordered the destruction of Christians churches, and burned of the scripture.
  • 386

    St. Augustine

    Born at Tagaste in North Africa. His father was a pagan