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1200 BCE – 500 CE

Figures of antiquity

22 figures whose span overlaps this band, grouped by region and listed in order.

No region recorded · 22

King David 1040 BCE – 970 BCE King Solomon 990 BCE – 931 BCE Buddha 563 BCE – 483 BCE Confucius 551 BCE – 479 BCE Laozi 550 BCE – 490 BCE Pericles 495 BCE – 429 BCE Socrates 470 BCE – 399 BCE Plato 428 BCE – 348 BCE Aristotle 384 BCE – 322 BCE Alexander the Great 356 BCE – 323 BCE Chandragupta Maurya 340 BCE – 297 BCE Yose ben Yoezer 200 BCE – 161 BCE Joshua ben Perachiah 140 BCE – 76 BCE Cicero 106 BCE – 43 BCE Julius Caesar 100 BCE – 44 BCE Cleopatra 69 BCE – 30 BCE Augustus Caesar 63 BCE – 14 CE Yochanan ben Zakkai 30 BCE – 90 CE Jesus Christ 4 BCE – 30 CE Rabban Gamliel 50 CE – 118 CE Marcus Aurelius 121 CE – 180 CE Nagarjuna 150 CE – 250 CE