The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home

by Susan Wise Bauer

Ancients, 5000 B.C.–A.D. 400 (First Grade) List of Great Men and Women to Cover Cheops, pharaoh of Egypt (2700–2675 B.C.) Abraham (c. 2100 B.C.) Hammurabi (c. 1750 B.C.) Queen Hatshepsut of Egypt (c. 1480 B.C.) Moses (c. 1450 B.C.) Tutankhamen (c. 1355 B.C.) Nebuchadnezzar (1146–1123 B.C.) King David (c. 1000 B.C.) Homer (c. 800 B.C.) Romulus (753–716 B.C.) Sennacherib (705–681 B.C.) Lao-tse (b. 604 B.C.) Pythagoras (581–497 B.C.) Confucius (K’ung Fu-tsu) (551–479 B.C.) Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) (550–480 B.C.) Socrates (470–399 B.C.) Plato (427–347 B.C.) Aristotle (384–322 B.C.) Alexander the Great (356–323 B.C.) Hannibal (fought with Rome c. 218–207 B.C.) Cicero (106–43 B.C.) Julius Caesar (100–44 B.C.) Virgil (70–19 B.C.) Caesar Augustus (c. 45 B.C.–A.D. 14) Jesus Christ (c. 4 B.C.–A.D. 33) Saint Paul (c. A.D. 45) Nero (died A.D. 68) Constantine the Great (ruled A.D. 306–337)