People, Confucius
The teaching of Confucius. Posthumous portrait by Wu Daozi (685–758), Tang dynasty. This print is based on a now-lost original. 551 BC 28 September. He was born in Zou. 533…
People, Diophantus of Alexandria
*not much surviving info* Scarce dates were taken from Jacques Sesiano, Lecturer at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. Author of Books IV to VII of Diophantus’ Arithmetica: In the Arabic Translation…
Inventions, Dice
Composite image of all sides of a 12mm (½”) Roman dice, found in Leicestershire, England 3100 BC. Bone dice from Skara Brae. Before 3000 BC. A two-sided die was used to play Senet in Egypt.…
People, Thucydides
C. 460 – 455 BC. He was born in Halimous, Athens (modern Alimos). 431 BC. He began to write “the History” at the onset of the Peloponnesian war. 424 BC. Because of his influence in…
People, Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger
c. 4 BC. Was born in Cordoba in Hispania. c. 20 AD. Appears to have been struck down with tuberculosis. 31 AD. Returned to Rome with his aunt, his uncle dying en route in…