by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 4, 2025 | 200 - 300 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Plotinus, Timeline
PLOTINUS (Unknown Roman sculptor. “Bust of Plotinus.” Marble. 3rd century CE. Archaeological site, Ostia. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plotinos.jpg.) Born: c. 204/5 CE, Lyco or Lycopolis, Egypt Died: 270 CE, Campania, Italy...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 4, 2025 | 500 - 300 BC, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Plato, Timeline
PLATO (“Marble bust of the Greek philosopher Plato. Roman copy (1st century CE) of an original (350-340 BCE). Altes Museum, Berlin.” Wikimedia Commons. 1st century CE (copy). Accessed October 5, 2025.) Born: 427 BCE, Athens (possibly during the...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 4, 2025 | 400 - 500 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Petrarca, Timeline
PETRARCH (Altichiero da Zevio (attributed). Portrait of Francesco Petrarca. Tempera on panel. ca. 1370. Private collection. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francesco-Petrarca.jpg.) Born: July 20, 1304, in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy Died: July...
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 4, 2025 | 1600 - 1700 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Isaac Newton, Timeline
NEWTON (Kneller, Godfrey. Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton. Oil on canvas. 1689. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Sir_Isaac_Newton,_1689_(brightened).jpg.) Born: January 4, 1643 (December 25, 1642, Old Style), Woolsthorpe,...
