Christian Texts and History • Re: Christian Origins in three pages

The following diagram is offered regarding intellectual developments in the first few centuries CE.

Randall Collins, The Sociology of Philosophies, p. 117
With this key:
162 Rutilius Rufus (Stoic)
163 Alexander Polyhistor (Pythagorean, eclectic)
164 Nigidius Figulus (Pythagorean)
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180 Eudorus (Platonist, neo-Pythagorean, Alexandria)
181 Anaxilaus of Larissa (Pythagorean, occultist)
182 Quintus Sextus (Stoic)
183 Sotion (Stoic, neo-Pythagorean, eclectic doxographer, Alexandria)
183a? Agrippa (Skeptic, ca. 1–200 c.e.)
184 Thrasyllus (neo-Pythagorean/Platonist)
185 Potamo of Alexandria (Platonist, eclectic)
186 C. Musonius Rufus (Stoic)
i (187) Epaphroditus (Nero’s secretary, Epictetus’ owner)
188 Dio Chrysostom (rhetor/Stoic)
189 L. Annaeus Cornutus (Stoic)
(190) Perseus (poet)
(191) Lucan (poet)
192 Demetrius (Cynic)
i 193 Agathinos (medicine)
194 Archigenes (medicine, eclectic, Stoic)
195 Simon Magus (Gnostic)
196 Apollonius of Tyana (Pythagorean, occultist)
i 197 Ammonius of Alexandria (Platonist)
198 Lucius (Pythagorean)
199 Nicostratus (Platonist, Stoic, rhetor, anti-Aristotelean)
i 200 Flavius Arrianus (Stoic)
201 Magnus Ephesius (medicine)
202 Soranus of Ephesus (Methodist medicine)
203 Favorinus (rhetor, Skeptic)
i 204 Stalilius Attalius (medicine)
205 Theodas (Empiricist medicine)
206 Menodotus of Nicomedia (Skeptic, Empiricist medicine)
207 Heroditus of Tarsus (Empiricist medicine)
208 Aristocles (Aristotelean, Stoic, Platonist)
209 Gaius (Aristotelean)
i 210 Numisianus
i 211 Satyrus (medicine)
i 212 Pelops (medicine)
(213) Hadrian of Tyre (rhetor)
(214) Demetrius of Alexandria (rhetor)
i 215 Diognetus (Stoic)
216 M. Cornelius Fronto (rhetor, anti-phil)
i 217 Athenagoras (Christian)
i 218 Demonax (Stoic)
219 Lucian of Samosata (Skeptic/eclectic)
220? Saturninus of Antioch (Gnostic)
221? Carpocrates of Alexandria (Gnostic)
222? Cerdon the Syrian (Christian/Gnostic)
223? Cerinthus (Christian/Gnostic)
224 Basilides of Syria (Gnostic, Alexandria)
225? Demonax of Cyprus (popular Cynic)
226? Oenomaus of Gadara (same)
227? Perigrinus Proteus (same, ex-Christian)
228? pseudo-Pythagorean texts
229? Corpus Hermeticum (anon. text)
230? Cronius (neo-Pythagorean)
231 Nicomachus of Gerasa (math, neo-Pythagorean)
232 Theon of Smyrna (math, Platonist)
233 Aulus Gellius (Platonist, Athens)
234 Celsus (Platonist, anti-Christian)
236 Tatian (Christian)
237? Aristides (Christian apologist)
238 Melito of Sardis (same)
239? Apollinaris of Hieropolis (same)
240 Marcion (Christian/Gnostic, Rome)
i 242 Panaenus (ex-Stoic, Christian)
243 Theophilus (Christian)
244 Iranaeus (Christian, anti-Gnostic)
245 Hippolytus (same, Rome)
246 Julianus (Gnostic, occultist, forged Chaldean Oracles)
247 Bardesanes of Mesopotamia (Gnostic)
248 Marcus (Gnostic, occultist, disciple of Valentinus)
249 Theodotus (Gnostic, disciple of Valentinus)
250 Ptolemaeus (same)
(251) Aelius Aristides (rhetor)
252 Harpocration of Argos (neo-Pythagorean/eclectic)
253 Maximus of Tyre (rhetor/Platonist/Aristotelean/eclectic)
254 Severus (Platonist/Stoic anti-Aristotelean)
i 255 Saturninus (Skeptic, medicine)

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