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),...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 4, 2025 | 1500 - 1600 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Timeline, William Shakespeare
SHAKESPEARE (Taylor, John (attributed). Chandos Portrait of William Shakespeare. Oil on canvas. ca. 1610. National Portrait Gallery, London. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Shakespeare_1609.jpg.) Born: Baptized April 26, 1564 (likely...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 4, 2025 | 1500 - 1600 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Savonarola, Timeline
SAVONAROLA (Moretto da Brescia. “Portrait of a Dominican, Presumed to be Girolamo Savonarola.” Oil on canvas. Circa 1520. Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia. Wikimedia Commons....
