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 | 100 - 200 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Plutarch, Timeline
PLUTARCH (Unknown. Plutarchus. Illustration. 17th century. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plutarchus.jpg.) Born: ca. 46 CE, Chaeronea, Boeotia, Greece Died: After 119 CE (most likely between 120–125 CE) Notable Author of Parallel Lives, a...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 4, 2025 | 100 - 200 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Paul, Timeline
PAUL (Van Dyck, Anthony. The Apostle Saint Paul. Oil on panel; 63 × 46.5 cm. ca. 1618–1620. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anthony_van_Dyck_-_The_Apostle_Saint_Paul.jpg.) Born: c. 5–10 CE (estimated),...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 4, 2025 | 100 - 200 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Origen, Timeline
ORIGEN (Unknown engraver. “Churchmen; Twenty Portraits of Religious Thinkers (including Origen).” Engraving. 19th century. Wellcome Collection, London. Wikimedia Commons....
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 3, 2025 | 100 - 200 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Matthew, Timeline
MATTHEW (Maes, Godfried. St. Matthew the Evangelist. Oil on canvas. ca. 1670. Private collection. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Godfried_Maes_-_St_Matthew_the_Evangelist.jpg.) Born: c. 5 AD, Galilee Died: c. 70 AD, Ethiopia (tradition)...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 3, 2025 | 100 - 200 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Mark, Timeline
MARK (Tzanes, Emmanuel. St. Mark the Evangelist. Tempera and gold leaf on panel; 66 × 54.1 cm. 1657. Benaki Museum, Athens. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tzanes_Emmanuel_-_St_Mark_the_Evangelist_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg.) Born: c. 5–15 CE...
