Timeline of Philosophers - Later antiquity
Crates | d. ca. 285 BC |
Epicurus | 342-271 BC |
Pyrrho | d. ca. 275–270 BC |
Zeno of Citium | 344–262 BC |
Euclid | fl. 300 BC |
Arcesilaus | ca. 316-241 BC |
Cleanthes | d. 232 BC |
Timon of Phlius | ca. 320–230 BC |
Erasistratus | fl. first half 3rd c. BC |
Herophilus | 3rd c. BC |
Archimides | ca. 287– 212 BC |
Chrysippus | d. ca. 206 |
Carneades | ca. 214–129 BC |
Philo of Larissa | 158–83 BC |
Antiochus of Ascalon | ca. 130-69 BC |
Lucretius | d. ca. 50 BC |
Philodemus of Gadara | 1st cent. BC |
Cicero | 106-43 BC |
Aenesidemus | 1st cent. BC |
Agrippa | 1st cent. BC |
Andronicus | 1st cent. BC |
Boethus of Sidon | second half 1st cent. BC |
Eudorus | fl. ca. 25 BC |
Philo of Alexandria | first half 1st cent. |
Thrasyllus | d. 36 |
Seneca | d. 65 |
Quintilian | ca. 35-100 |
Plutarch | ca. 50-120 |
Epictetus | ca. 55-135 |
Calvenus Taurus | first half 2nd cent. |
Aspasius | ca. 100-150 |
Justin Martyr | ca. 100-165 |
Ptolemy | ca. 100-170 |
Marcus Aurelius | 121-180 (reigned 161-80) |
Irenaeus of Lyons | ca. 130-200 |
Sextus Empiricus | fl. ca. 200 |
Clement of Alexandria | ca. 150-215 |
Tertullian | 155-ca. 220 |
Galen | 129–ca. 216 |
Alexander of Aphrodisias | fl. ca. 200 |
Numenius | mid 2nd cent. |
Apuleius | mid 2nd cent. |
Alcinous | 2nd cent. |
Origen | 185-253 |
Plotinus | 205-270 |
Porphyry | 234-ca. 305 |
Iamblichus | ca. 245-ca. 320 |
Calcidius | fl. 320's |
Arius | ca. 260-336 |
Lactantius | ca. 260-340 |
Antony the Great | d. 356 |
Victorinus | fl. 353-362 |
Julian ("the Apostate") | 331-363 (reigned 361-3) |
Athanasius | 295-373 |
Basil of Caesarea | 330-379 |
Macrina | d. 379 |
Themistius | ca. 317-388 |
Gregory of Nazianzus | ca. 328-ca. 390 |
Gregory of Nyssa | ca. 331-ca. 395 |
Ambrose | ca. 340-397 |
Evagrius | ca. 345-399 |
Rufinus | ca. 345-410 |
Hypatia | d. 415 |
Jerome | d. 420 |
Martianus Capella | fl. early 5th c. |
Macrobius | fl. early 5th c. |
Hierocles of Alexandria | first half 5th cent. |
Augustine | 354-430 |
Plutarch of Athens | d.432 |
Syrianus | d.437 |
Cyril of Alexandria | ca. 378-444 |
Nestorius | ca. 381-ca. 451 |
Proclus | 412-485 |
Pseudo-Dionysius | fl. ca. 500 |
Boethius | ca. 480-524 or 525 |
Ammonius son of Hermeias | ca. 435/45-517/26 |
Damascius | ca. 462-after 538 |
Simplicius | ca. 480-560 |
Olympiodorus | d. after 565 |
John Philoponus | ca. 490-570s |
Maximus the Confessor | d.662 |
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Dates are AD unless otherwise specified.
Abbreviations:
cent. = century
d. = died
fl. = flourished
ca.= circa ("approximately")