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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

 

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

406-453

Leader of the Huns

 

ODOACER

440-493

Leader of the Ostragoths

 

ROMULUS AUGUSTUS

456-486

Emperor of Rome

 

 

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