by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 1, 2025 | 100 - 200 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Galen, Timeline
GALEN (Galen of Pergamum. Undated lithograph. Encyclopædia Britannica. Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine (Image ID: 192922). https://www.britannica.com/biography/Galen#/media/1/223895/136663.) Born: circa 129 CE, Pergamum, Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey)...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 1, 2025 | 100 - 200 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Gaius, Timeline
GAIUS (Unknown. Bust of Gaius. Marble relief. 19th century. United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_USCapitol_-_Gaius_(c._110-180).jpg.) Born: c. 110–180 CE, possibly Rome or Asia Minor Died: Unknown...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 1, 2025 | 1100 - 1200 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Francis of Assisi, Timeline
FRANCIS OF ASSISI (Ribera, Jusepe de. Saint Francis of Assisi. Oil on canvas. 1642. Museo del Prado, Madrid. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Francis_of_Assisi_by_Jusepe_de_Ribera.jpg.) Born: c. 1181 CE, Assisi, Umbria, Italy Died: c....
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 1, 2025 | 1400 - 1500 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Erasmus, Timeline
ERASMUS (Holbein the Younger, Hans. Erasmus of Rotterdam. Black and colored chalks on paper. ca. 1523. Kunstmuseum Basel. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erasmus_rotterdam.JPG.) Born: October 28, 1466, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, during the...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 1, 2025 | 100 - 200 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Epictetus, Timeline
EPICTETUS (Unknown. Frontispiece of Epicteti Enchiridion. Engraving. 1715. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Epicteti_Enchiridion_Latinis_versibus_adumbratum_(Oxford_1715)_frontispiece.jpg.) Born: c. 50 CE, Hierapolis, Phrygia (modern Turkey)...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 1, 2025 | 1200 - 1300 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Dante, Timeline
DANTE (Unknown artist. “Medal Portrait of Dante.” Bronze. 15th century. Musée du Louvre, Paris. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_de_Dante.jpg.) Born: c. May 21–June 20, 1265, Florence, ItalyDied: September 13/14, 1321,...
