Socrates was born in Athens in the year 469 B.C.E. to Sophroniscus, a stonemason, and Phaenarete, a midwife. His family was not extremely poor, but they were by no means wealthy, and Socrates could not claim that he was of noble birth like Plato.
Latitude lines are a numerical way to measure how far north or south of the equator a place is located. The equator is the starting point for measuring latitude--that's why it's marked as 0 degrees latitude.atitude lines are a numerical way to measure how far north or south of the equator a place is located. The equator is the starting point for measuring latitude--that's why it's marked as 0 degrees latitude.
The grid system of latitude and longitude consists of a network of imaginary lines encircling the earth in two directions: north-south, and east-west. The east-west lines of latitude run parallel to each other and are appropriately called parallels of latitude. The equator is a parallel of latitude.