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106 BCE: Roman statesman and orator Cicero is born.
44 BCE: Cicero writes his De Officiis.
43 BCE: Roman statesman and orator Cicero dies.
4 BCE - 65 CE: Life of Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Emperor Nero's tutor and advisor.
50 CE: Epictetus is born a slave in Hierapolis, Asia Minor.
68 CE: Granted his freedom, Epictetus begins to teach in Rome.
89 CE: Banished from Rome by Domitian with the other philosophers, Epictetus travels to Nicopolis and sets up a school there.
108 CE: The historian Arrian studies with Epictetus, records his teachings.
121 CE - 180 CE: Life of Marcus Aurelius.
130 CE: Epictetus dies at Nicopolis.
132 CE: Marcus Aurelius is introduced to philosophy by his teacher Diognetus.
170 CE - 180 CE: Marcus Aurelius leads campaigns against the Germanic tribes; writes his famous Meditations.