Rome
Italy
The Eternal City. Capital of a republic, then an empire that stretched from Britain to Mesopotamia. Its laws, language, and engineering shaped Western civilization for two millennia.
The atlas connects 32 figures with Rome. The earliest born is Hannibal Barca (247 BCE); the last to die is Pablo Picasso (1973 CE).
By era
- The Roman World (~753 BCE-476 CE): 16 figures
- Medieval Europe (~500-1400 CE): 6 figures
- The Renaissance (~1350-1600): 6 figures
- Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment (~1600-1800): 1 figure
- Age of Revolution (~1750-1850): 2 figures
- The Modern Era (~1880-1965): 1 figure
Associated figures, by birth year
- Hannibal Barca (247-183 BCE), The Nightmare of Rome
- Scipio Africanus (236-183 BCE), The Conqueror of Hannibal
- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE), The Voice of the Republic
- Spartacus (103-71 BCE), The Gladiator Who Shook Rome
- Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE), The Man Who Ended the Republic
- Virgil (70-19 BCE), The Poet of Empire
- Cleopatra VII (69-30 BCE), The Last Pharaoh
- Augustus (63 BCE-14 CE), The Architect of Empire
- Ovid (43 BCE-17 CE), The Master of Metamorphosis
- Seneca the Younger (4 BCE-65 CE), The Stoic at the Heart of Power
- Nero (37-68), The Emperor Who Fiddled
- Trajan (53-117), The Emperor of Greatest Extent
- Hadrian (76-138), The Builder of Walls and Wonders
- Marcus Aurelius (121-180), The Philosopher on the Throne
- Constantine the Great (272-337), The Emperor Who Changed the Faith of an Empire
- Augustine of Hippo (354-430), The Mind That Shaped Western Christianity
- Justinian I (482-565), The Last Roman Emperor
- Charlemagne (742-814), The Father of Europe
- Frederick Barbarossa (1122-1190), The Red-Bearded Emperor
- Francis of Assisi (1181-1226), The Poor Man of God
- Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), The Angelic Doctor
- Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), The Supreme Poet
- Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), Painter of the Florentine Golden Age
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), The Universal Genius
- Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536), Prince of the Humanists
- Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), Father of Modern Political Science
- Michelangelo (1475-1564), The Divine Artist
- Raphael (1483-1520), Master of Harmony and Grace
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Father of Modern Science
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), Germany's Greatest Writer
- Lord Byron (1788-1824), The Romantic Rebel
- Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), The Revolutionary of Modern Art
Cities that share figures with Rome
Other cities in the atlas tied to at least one of the same people, most shared first.
- Florence (7 shared figures: Dante Alighieri, Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli and 3 more)
- Paris (5 shared figures: Charlemagne, Thomas Aquinas, Leonardo da Vinci, Desiderius Erasmus and 1 more)
- Jerusalem (4 shared figures: Hadrian, Constantine the Great, Frederick Barbarossa, Francis of Assisi)
- Alexandria (3 shared figures: Julius Caesar, Cleopatra VII, Augustus)
- Carthage (3 shared figures: Hannibal Barca, Scipio Africanus, Augustine of Hippo)
- Milan (3 shared figures: Virgil, Augustine of Hippo, Leonardo da Vinci)
- Venice (3 shared figures: Frederick Barbarossa, Dante Alighieri, Leonardo da Vinci)
- Athens (2 shared figures: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Hadrian)
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