by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 4, 2025 | 1200 - 1300 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Thomas Aquinas, Timeline
AQUINAS (Botticelli, Sandro. Thomas Aquinas. Painting. ca. 1481–1482. Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Aquinas_by_Sandro_Botticelli.jpg.) Born: Circa 1225 CE, at Roccasecca (near Aquino), in the Kingdom of...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 4, 2025 | 600 - 700 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Thales, Timeline
THALES (Giordano, Luca. Thales of Miletus. Oil on canvas. ca. 1660. Private collection. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thales_by_Luca_Giordano.jpg.) Born: Around 624 BCE in Miletus, Ionia (present-day Turkey) Died: Around 546 BCE (at age...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 4, 2025 | 100 - 200 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Tacitus, Timeline
TACITUS (Unknown. Gaius Cornelius Tacitus. Drawing. 1920. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gaius_Cornelius_Tacitus.jpg.) Born: Circa 56 AD (exact birth year remains uncertain) Died: Around 120 AD Notable Critique of Empire: Tacitus is revered...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 4, 2025 | 500 - 400 BC, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Sophocles, Timeline
SOPHOCLES (“Portrait of the Athenian Tragedian Sophocles.” Wikimedia Commons. 4th century B.C. (original)....
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 4, 2025 | 500 - 400 BC, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Socrates, Timeline
SOCRATES (Lysippos (attributed). Portrait of Socrates. Marble; 33.5 cm high. 1st century AD. Musée du Louvre, Paris. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Socrates_Louvre.jpg.) Born: 470 BCE in Deme Alopece, Athens, Greece Died: 399 BCE (age 71),...
