Across the Centuries

Timeline

Every author in the collection on one continuous timeline — 661 of them with dates firm enough to draw, running from 750 BC to 2027. Scroll sideways to travel through the centuries, and switch an era off to clear it out of the way.

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700 BC600 BC500 BC400 BC300 BC200 BC100 BC10020030040050060070080090010001100120013001400150016001700180019002000Homer Hesiod Archilochus Semonides of Amorgos Tyrtaeus Mimnermus Sappho Solon Stesichorus Alcaeus of Mytilene Anacreon Theognis of Megara Ibycus Simonides of Ceos Hipponax Aeschylus Bacchylides Pindar Corinna Sophocles Herodotus Euripides Sophron Thucydides Hippocrates Aristophanes Lysias Isocrates Xenophon Plato Isaeus Aeneas Tacticus Aeschines Demosthenes Aristotle Theophrastus Menander Callimachus Theocritus Manetho Herodas Apollonius Rhodius Livius Andronicus Naevius Plautus Ennius Cato the Elder Caecilius Statius Pacuvius Polybius Terence Lucilius Moschus Varro Cornelius Nepos Cicero Bion of Smyrna Demetrius Asclepiodotus Julius Caesar Lucretius Diodorus Siculus Sallust Catullus Vitruvius Virgil Horace Strabo Dionysius of Halicarnassus Livy Tibullus Seneca the Elder Propertius Ovid Aulus Cornelius Celsus Philo of Alexandria Valerius Maximus Velleius Paterculus Phaedrus Manilius Seneca the Younger Columella Quintus Curtius Rufus Pliny the Elder Silius Italicus Petronius Persius Clement of Rome Quintilian Ignatius of Antioch Flavius Josephus Lucan Frontinus Martial Dio Chrysostom Valerius Flaccus Statius Plutarch Onasander Chariton Epictetus Juvenal Tacitus Pliny the Younger Suetonius Polycarp of Smyrna Florus Arrian Appian Babrius Longinus Heraclitus the Allegorist Aetius the Doxographer Apollodorus Justin Martyr Fronto Ptolemy Melito of Sardis Pausanias Aelius Aristides Tatian the Assyrian Theophilus of Antioch Marcus Aurelius Apuleius Lucian of Samosata Aulus Gellius Maximus of Tyre Galen Irenaeus of Lyons Athenagoras of Athens Achilles Tatius Xenophon of Ephesus Clement of Alexandria Tertullian Cassius Dio Sextus Empiricus Oppian Alciphron Athenaeus Hippolytus of Rome Herodian Philostratus Aelian Minucius Felix Diogenes Laertius Origen of Alexandria Philostratus the Elder Dionysius of Alexandria Longus Marcus Junianus Justinus Novatian Plotinus Cyprian of Carthage Pontius of Carthage Commodianus Gregory Thaumaturgus Pamphilus of Caesarea Triphiodorus Menander Rhetor Philostratus the Younger Victorinus of Pettau Lactantius Arnobius of Sicca Gregory the Illuminator Methodius of Olympus Eusebius of Caesarea Aphrahat Gaius Marius Victorinus Athanasius of Alexandria Callistratus Firmicus Maternus Serapion of Thmuis Ephrem the Syrian Hilary of Poitiers Pacian of Barcelona Ausonius Epiphanius of Salamis Cyril of Jerusalem Didymus the Blind Libanius Gregory of Nazianzus Basil of Caesarea Tyconius of Carthage Ammianus Marcellinus Julian the Apostate Gregory of Nyssa Chromatius of Aquileia Niceta of Remesiana Ambrose of Milan Jerome Rufinus of Aquileia Evagrius Ponticus John Chrysostom Eunapius Aurelius Prudentius Quintus Smyrnaeus Egeria Theodore of Mopsuestia Pelagius Augustine of Hippo Paulinus of Nola Mark the Monk John Cassian Sulpicius Severus Palladius of Galatia Claudian Paulinus of Milan Possidius of Calama Secundinus Paulus Orosius Orosius of Braga Cyril of Alexandria Paulinus of Pella Socrates Scholasticus Maximus of Turin Macrobius Patrick Quodvultdeus Prosper of Aquitaine Theodoret of Cyrus Vincent of Lérins Nonnus of Panopolis Julius Obsequens Sozomen Valerian of Cimiez Leo the Great Salvian the Presbyter Peter Chrysologus Paulinus of Périgueux Sidonius Apollinaris Gennadius of Massilia Julianus Pomerius Jacob of Serugh Eugippius Fulgentius of Ruspe Caesarius of Arles Boethius John of Gaza Barsanuphius of Gaza Cassiodorus Romanos the Melodist Colluthus Oecumenius Procopius of Caesarea Paschasius of Dumium Martin of Braga Leander of Seville Gregory the Great Isidore of Seville Andrew of Caesarea Maximus the Confessor Braulio of Saragossa Fructuosus of Braga Isaac of Nineveh Germanus of Constantinople Julian of Toledo Bede the Venerable John of Damascus Theodore the Studite Hrabanus Maurus Symeon the New Theologian Lanfranc of Canterbury Peter Damian Guitmund of Aversa Peter Alfonsi Rupert of Deutz Peter Abelard Honorius Augustodunensis Peter the Venerable Hildegard of Bingen Robert Grosseteste William of Auvergne Albert the Great Thomas Aquinas John Duns Scotus Henry Suso Gregory Palamas Desiderius Erasmus Martin Luther Martin Bucer William Tyndale John Calvin John Knox William Whitaker Richard Rogers Arthur Dent Robert Bruce William Perkins Arthur Hildersham George Downame William Bradshaw Henry Ainsworth Robert Bolton John Davenant Joseph Hall Lewis Bayly William Gouge Richard Sibbes Samuel Ward James Ussher Robert Harris Thomas Adams David Dickson John Ball John Cotton Thomas Hooker John Preston William Pemble William Greenhill Alexander Grosse Richard Mather William Lyford Thomas Case Jeremiah Burroughs Edward Reynolds Richard Vines Obadiah Sedgwick Samuel Rutherford Edmund Calamy (the Elder)William Bridge Thomas Goodwin Mark Jones John Trapp Joseph Caryl Nathanael Ranew George Newton Isaac Ambrose Thomas Shepard William Spurstowe Samuel Bolton Walter Cradock Joseph Symonds Obadiah Grew Thomas Allen Thomas Brooks Nicholas Clagett John Brown of Wamphray Richard Alleine Ralph Robinson Richard Baxter William Gurnall John Owen Christopher Love William Guthrie Thomas Manton Thomas Watson John Durant George Hamond Ralph Venning James Durham David Clarkson Thomas Jacomb Edward Polhill Alexander Nisbet Matthew Poole John Whitlock James Burdwood Hugh Binning George Swinnock John Flavel Samuel Lee Stephen Charnock Walter Marshall John Bunyan Thomas Cole Richard Steele Matthew Mead Thomas Wadsworth Oliver Heywood Vincent Alsop John Howe Thomas Doolittle Andrew Gray Edward Pearse Ezekiel Hopkins Joseph Alleine Thomas Vincent Wilhelmus à Brakel James Janeway Nathaniel Vincent James Fraser Increase Mather Samuel Willard Robert Traill Solomon Stoddard Timothy Cruso John Shower Timothy Rogers Matthew Henry Cotton Mather Benjamin Colman Isaac Watts John Hurrion William Harris Thomas Boston Ralph Erskine Thomas Foxcroft Philip Doddridge Jonathan Edwards Gilbert Tennent Ebenezer Pemberton George Whitefield David Brainerd John Brown of Haddington Samuel Davies Henry Venn John Newton Samuel Stennett John Howie Josiah Bull Augustus Toplady Jonathan Edwards Jr.Thomas Scott John Colquhoun Andrew Fuller Thomas Charles Robert Haldane Samuel Miller Samuel Worcester Ebenezer Porter Archibald Alexander Alexander Carson Benjamin Brook John Roxborogh Thomas Chalmers James Sievewright Bennet Tyler William Brown Edward Morgan J. G. Pike John Brown of Edinburgh John Angell James Gardiner Spring Sereno Edwards Dwight William Orme George Offor Robert Philip Joseph Tracy David Laing Charles Bridges J.H. Merle D'Aubigné William B. Sprague F.W. Krummacher Owen Thomas Henry Law Charles Hodge Charles McIlvaine Andrew Gunton Fuller Alexander Haldane William S. Plumer Thomas Houston J. W. Alexander James Anderson James Buchanan William Cunningham George Bethune Patrick Fairbairn Thomas Phillips Robert S. Candlish Charles Brown James Bannerman Octavius Winslow Horatius Bonar J. A. Alexander John Henry Pratt A. Moody Stuart Brownlow North Andrew A. Bonar James McCosh Samuel Prime James Henley Thornwell T.J. Crawford Robert Murray M‘Cheyne Søren Kierkegaard Robert Macdonald James B. Ramsey George Smeaton Andrew Thomson W. C. Burns John Charles (J. C.) Ryle Islay Burns T. V. Moore Benjamin Morgan Palmer W. G. T. Shedd Robert Lewis (R. L.) Dabney William Blaikie A. R. Fausset Hugh Martin Hugh Martin Thomas Ephraim (T. E.) Peck James Strong P.B. Power Theodore Cuyler Archibald Alexander (A. A.) Hodge John G. Paton William Baker William Henry Green Robert H. Ireland Alexander Balloch Grosart Richard Hobson Charles Ross Susannah Spurgeon Henry Martyn Baird Charles Haddon (C. H.) Spurgeon Margaret Paton Kenneth Moody Stuart T.M. Lindsay Archibald G. Brown Benjamin Breckinridge (B. B.) Warfield R.C. Reed J. K. Hewison Herman Bavinck T. C. Johnson George Milligan D. C. Macnicol Geerhardus Vos James Hope Moulton Catherine Vos John MacLeod Louis Berkhof William Blair John Gresham (J. Gresham) Machen R.B. Kuiper Arthur Walkington (A. W.) Pink John Murray Bethan Lloyd-Jones David Martyn (D. M.) Lloyd-Jones S.M. Houghton Stephen Neill Jock Purves W.J. Grier Ned Bernard (N. B.) Stonehouse Bruce Hunt Karl Rahner Arthur Fawcett E. J. Young Isaiah Berlin Donald MacDonald William Still Arnold Dallimore Marcus Loane Douglas Higgins John H. Gerstner Leon Morris Arthur Bennett David Broughton Knox Horton Davies Edmund P. Clowney James Arthur Walther John Rendle-Short Frans Bakker John H. Leith Ernest Reisinger S. Truett Cathy Frederick Leahy John Gwyn-Thomas John Lukacs Gore Vidal Gerard Berghoef Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel James Innell (J. I.) Packer Jürgen Moltmann Jim Elliot Jerry Bridges Bruce K. Waltke Robert L. Perkins Iain Hamish (Iain H.) Murray Mary Timothy Prokes Eifion Evans Erroll Hulse Derek Prime Eric J. Alexander Alvin Plantinga John Blanchard Tom Wells John J. Murray David P. Kingdon Peter T. O'Brien Harold W. Hoehner Robert Oliver Allan Harman O Palmer Robertson Justo L. González David Calhoun Fraser Tallach Maurice Roberts Warren Nelson Geoff Thomas James Montgomery Boice Walter J. Chantry David Wells John MacArthur George M. Marsden Robert Charles (R. C.) Sproul Pieter Potgieter David Gay Johanna W. H. van Wijk-Bos Paul Westermeyer Paul Helm Lori Copeland Stuart Olyott David Jackman Grant R. Osborne Douglas Kelly Susan Harding Noel Weeks Randall B. Woods Raymond B. Dillard Roger Scruton Larry Crabb John Tallach David J. Randall Harold L. Senkbeil John Piper D. A. Carson Richard Bauckham John W. Cooper Jeffrey E. Wilson Sinclair B. Ferguson N. T. Wright Wayne Grudem Douglas Taylor Robert P. Martin Isobel Tallach Don Kistler Eric Mitchell Philip Benedict William Lane Craig Elyse Fitzpatrick John Cheeseman Timothy Keller Steven J. Lawson J. Philip Arthur Joel R. Beeke Tremper Longman III John H. Walton Roger E. Olson Nancy Pearcey Gary M. Burge Derek Thomas Richard Alderson Alister E. McGrath Bruce A. Ware Cornelis P. Venema Jonathan N. Gerstner Kevin J. Vanhoozer Gregory A. Boyd Paul R. House Al Mohler Tom Nichols James R. White Michael Horton L. Scott Kellum Michael Lawrence Carl R. Trueman Chad Van Dixhoorn Jeffrey E. Miller Jason S. DeRouchie Michael Reeves Charles Yu John S. Dickerson

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286 authors

These authors are catalogued but carry no birth or death year, so they cannot be placed above. Most are living writers whose dates are not published, or older figures whose dates no consulted source establishes.