Timetable Of The Epicurean World

Based on information originally put together by Don and Nate, this is an effort to "pretty it up" into a Table form which we can reference more easily and update collaboratively. If you have suggestions please place them in the comments below. If you'd like to do more extensive editing and don't have write access, please contact Cassius.Green is for Epicurean. Red is for non-Epicurean. Blue is for "events."
Approximate Date Person Or EVent SignificanceNOTES
535 - 475 BCE Heraclitus of Ephesus (60) - 1235-1295
500 – 428 BCE Anaxagoras (72); 1270-1342
494 – 434 BCE Empedocles (60); 1276-1336
470 – 399 BCE Socrates (~71); 1300-1371
460 – 370 BCE Democritus Early atomist(~90) 1310-1400
428 – 348 BCEPlato (1342-1422
384–322 BCE Aristotle (62)
360 – 270 BCE Pyrrho
341–270 BCE Epicurus Founder of the Garden
340 – 285 BCE Polyaenus of Lampsacus Noted For His Knowledge of Geometry(~55)
334 –262 BCE Zeno of Citium  1436-1508
331 - 278 BCE Metrodorus of Lampsacus
325- 250 BCE Hermarchus (scholarch of the Garden)
320 – 268 BCE) Colotes of Lampsacus
??? - 218/9 BCE Polystratus (scholarch of the Garden)
??? - 205 BCE Dionysius of Lamptrai (scholarch of the Garden)
250 – 175 BCE Basilides (scholarch of the Garden)
279 – 206 BCE Chrysippus
250 -_ 200 BCE Apollodorus (scholarch of the Garden)
150 – 75 BCE Zeno of Sidon (scholarch of the Garden)
138 – 70 BCE Phaedrus (scholarch of the Garden) Epicurean teacher of CIcero (?)
105 -- 40 BCE Patro (scholarch of the Garden) contemporary of Cicero
110 – 35 BCE Philodemus
106 – 43 BCE Marcus Tullius Cicero
100 – 44 BCE Julius Caesar Epicurean tendencies but full views unclear.
86 -- 42 BCE Gaius Cassius Longinus One of the "liberators" and corresponded with Cicero on Epicurean philosophy
99 – 55 BCE Titus Lucretius Carus Author of "On the Nature of Things"
65 – 8 BCE Quintus Horatius Flaccus ("Horace") Backslid in later years but noted for his Epicurean ideas earlier in life.
0 CE ******************* *************
Seneca The Younger Stoic who frequently quoted Epicurus.
46 – 119 CE Plutarch
50 – 135 CE Epictetus
79 CE Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
150 CE Diogenes of Oenoanda Erected the wall inscribed with Epicurean philosophy
121 – 180 CE Marcus Aurelius
125 – 180 CE Lucian of Samosata
225 CE Diogenes Laërtius
250 CE Athenaeus
260 – 340 CE Eusebius

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