Galen

129AD – He was born this year in the Greek city of Pergamum (modern-day Bergama, Turkey).

148 - After his father's death this year, he left to study in Smyrna, Corinth and Alexandria over a period of twelve years.

157 - He worked as a physician in a gladiator school for three or four years.

162 – He moved to Rome where he wrote extensively, lectured and publicly demonstrated his knowledge of anatomy.

166 - He briefly returned to Pergamum during this year.

191 - Fire in the Temple of Peace destroyed some of his records.

200 - His exact date of death has traditionally been placed around this year.