the ledger of connections
The Connections of Rabbi Akiva
Jewish scholar and sage (c. 50 – c.135) Every person recorded alongside Rabbi Akiva in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Rabbi Akiva in the ledgers of the archive.
- Spouses
- Rachel, wife of Rabbi Akiva
- Children
- Joshua ben Karha
- Teachers
- Nahum of Gimzo, Eliezer ben Hurcanus, Joshua ben Hananiah
- Students
- Shimon bar Yochai, Rabbi Meir
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 50 CE to 135 CE.
Ancient era
Paul the Apostle
5 CE – 66 CE
Early Christian apostle and missionary (c. AD 5 – c. 64/65)
Ancient era
Peter the Apostle
1 BCE – 65 CE
Apostle of Jesus Christ
Ancient era
Claudius Ptolemy
100 CE – 170 CE
2nd-century Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer
Ancient era
Nero
December 15, 1937 CE – June 9, 1968 CE
Fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
Ancient era
Claudius
10 BCE – October 13, 1954 CE
Mayor of the Palace of Burgundy from 607 to 610
Ancient era
Trajan
53 CE – 117 CE
13th Roman Emperor (98–117)
Ancient era
Hadrian
January 24, 1976 CE – July 10, 138 CE
14th Roman Emperor (117–138)
Ancient era
Marcus Aurelius
April 26, 121 CE – March 17, 180 CE
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
Ancient era
Boudicca
30 CE – 61 CE
Queen of the British Iceni tribe
Ancient era
Seneca the Younger
c. 4 BCE – April 12, 1965 CE
Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist (c. 4 BCE–65 CE)
Ancient era
Epictetus
50 CE – 138 CE
Greek Stoic philosopher (c. 50–c. 138)
Ancient era
Plutarch
c. 40 CE – c. 120 CE
Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)