Timeline Of The Epicurean World

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  • Based on information originally put together by Don, this is an effort to "pretty it up" into a Table form which we can reference more easily.

    • Apollodorus (scholarch of the Garden) (fl. early 1600s; fl. 2nd century BCE)
    • Zeno of Sidon (scholarch of the Garden) (1618-1693; c. 150 – c. 75 BCE (~75))
    • Phaedrus (scholarch of the Garden) (1630-1699; 138 – 70/69 BCE (69))
    • Patro (scholarch of the Garden) (fl. early 1700s; contemporary of Cicero’s)
    • Philodemus (1658-1728; c. 110 – prob. c. 40 or 35 BCE (~70))
    • Marcus Tullius Cicero (1662-1725; 106 – 43 BCE (63))
    • Julius Caesar (1668-1724; 100 – 15 March 44 BCE (56))
    • Titus Lucretius Carus (1669-1713; c. 99 – c. 55 BCE (~44))
    • Quintus Horatius Flaccus ("Horace") (1703-1760; 65 – 8 BCE (57))
    • Plutarch (1814-1887; 46 – after AD 119 CE (~73))
    • Epictetus (1854-1939; 50 – c. 135 CE (~85))
    • Diogenes of Oenoanda (wall dated around 1950s (mid-1900s); lived 2nd century CE)
    • Marcus Aurelius (1925-1984; 121 – 180 CE (59))
    • Lucian of Samosata (1929-1984; c. 125 – after 180 CE (~55))
    • Diogenes Laërtius (fl. early-mid 2000s; fl. 1st half of 3rd century CE)
    • Athenaeus (fl. late 20th/early 21st century; fl. late 2nd/early 3rd century CE)
    • Eusebius (will be born in 2064; AD 260/265 – 339/340)
    Approximate DatePerson Or EVentSignificance
    Heraclitus of Ephesus (1235-1295; c. 535 – c. 475 BCE (60))
    Anaxagoras (1270-1342; c.  500 – c.  428 BCE (72))
    Empedocles (1276-1336; c. 494 – c. 434 BCE (60))
    Socrates (1300-1371; c. 470–399 BCE (~71))
    Democritus (1310-1400; c. 460 – c. 370 BCE (~90))
    Plato (1342-1422; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BCE (~80))
    Aristotle (1386-1448; 384–322 BCE (62))
    Pyrrho (1410-1500; c. 360 – c. 270 BCE (90))
    Epicurus (1429-1500; 341–270 BCE (71))
    Polyaenus of Lampsacus (1430-1485; c. 340 – c. 285 BCE (~55))
    Zeno of Citium (1436-1508; c. 334 – c. 262 BCE (72))
    Metrodorus of Lampsacus (1439-1492; 331/0–278/7 BCE (53))
    Hermarchus (scholarch of the Garden) (1443-1518; c. 325-c. 250 BCE (~75))
    Colotes of Lampsacus (1448-1500; c. 320 – after 268 BCE (~52))
    Polystratus (scholarch of the Garden) (c.1470-1550; d. 218/9 BCE)
    Dionysius of Lamptrai (scholarch of the Garden) (c. 1493-1563; d. 205 BCE)
    Basilides (scholarch of the Garden) (1518-1593; c. 250 – c. 175 BCE (75))
    Chrysippus (1489-1562; c. 279 – c. 206 BCE (~73))