Epictetus
55 AD - Born a slave in Hierapolis, Asia Minor.
89 AD - 95 AD - He was exiled along with other philosophers by the emperor Domitian sometime.
90 AD - He was expelled with the other philosophers by Domitian, who was irritated by the support and encouragement which the opposition to his tyranny found amongst the adherents of Stoicism.
135 AD - He died in Nicopolis in northwestern Greece.
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