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Timeline

Approximate dates locate people and events; period boundaries are guides, not hard divisions.

Origins

  1. 535 BCE

    Heraclitus of Ephesus · conventional sorting date

    Heraclitus of Ephesus

  2. 500 BCE

    Heraclitus flourishes around this period

    Heraclitus of Ephesus

    Historical reference
  3. 399 BCE

    Death of Socrates

    Historical reference
  4. 365 BCE

    Crates of Thebes: conventional approximate birth

    Crates of Thebes

    Historical reference
  5. 365 BCE

    Crates of Thebes · conventional sorting date

    Crates of Thebes

  6. 334 BCE

    Zeno of Citium: conventional approximate birth

    Zeno of Citium

    Historical reference
  7. 334 BCE

    Zeno of Citium · conventional sorting date

    Zeno of Citium

Early Stoa

  1. 300 BCE

    Zeno begins teaching in the Stoa Poikile, approximately

    Zeno of Citium

    Historical reference
  2. 280 BCE

    Chrysippus of Soli · conventional sorting date

    Chrysippus of Soli

  3. 262 BCE

    Death of Zeno, approximately

    Zeno of Citium

    Historical reference
  4. 230 BCE

    Chrysippus becomes head of the Stoa, approximately

    Chrysippus of Soli

    Historical reference
  5. 206 BCE

    Death of Chrysippus, approximately

    Chrysippus of Soli

    Historical reference

Middle Stoa

  1. 155 BCE

    Athenian philosophical embassy to Rome

    Historical reference

Roman Stoa

  1. 180 CE

    Death of Marcus Aurelius

    Historical reference