Classical Antiquity
c. 800 BCE–c. 500 CE
The age of ancient Greece and Rome, which shaped Western culture, law and thought.
- Type
- Era
- Date
- c. 800 BCE–c. 500 CE
- Place
- Mediterranean
Who was alive during Classical Antiquity
- Hesiod c. 750–c. 650 BCE, poet
- Jeremiah c. 650–c. 570 BCE, prophet
- Nebuchadnezzar II c. 642–562 BCE, king
- Zoroaster (By Zoroastrian tradition) c. 628–c. 551 BCE, prophet
- Thales of Miletus c. 624–c. 546 BCE, philosopher
- Laozi c. 571–c. 471 BCE, philosopher
- Gautama Buddha c. 563–c. 483 BCE, spiritual leader
- Sophocles c. 497–c. 406 BCE, playwright
- Democritus c. 460–c. 370 BCE, philosopher
- Hippocrates c. 460–c. 370 BCE, physician
- Plato c. 428–c. 348 BCE, philosopher
- Diogenes c. 412–323 BCE, philosopher
- Chanakya c. 375–c. 283 BCE, political thinker
- Mencius c. 372–c. 289 BCE, philosopher
- Zhuang Zhou c. 369–c. 286 BCE, philosopher
- Eratosthenes c. 276–c. 194 BCE, mathematician
- Zhang Qian c. 195–114 BCE, diplomat and explorer
- Augustus 63 BCE–14 CE, emperor
- Epictetus c. 50–c. 135, philosopher
- Rabbi Akiva c. 50–135, rabbi
- Galen 129–c. 216, physician
- Nagarjuna c. 150–c. 250, philosopher
- Faxian 337–c. 422, pilgrim
- Augustine of Hippo 354–430, theologian