Curated category
Classical humanists
- CiceroMarcus Tullius Cicero was born on the 3rd of January 106 BC in the hill town of Arpinum. His family belonged to the wealthy equestrian order, yet his name…
- AvicennaIn the village of Afshana near Bukhara, a child named Avicenna was born in 980. His father served as an administrator for the Samanid Empire.
- HippocratesHistorians agree that Hippocrates was born around the year 460 BC on the Greek island of Kos. Soranus of Ephesus, a physician from the second century AD…
- ConfuciusConfucius was born on the 28th of September 551 BCE in the town of Zou. This location sits within modern Qufu, Shandong province.