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Alexander Jannaeus
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Alexander Jannaeus

King of Judea

Born c. 127 BC · died 76 BC
Also known as Alexander Jannæus, Jonathan Alexander

Who was alive at the same time as Alexander Jannaeus?

  1. Hipparchus, c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  2. Gaius Marius, c. 158 – 86 BC
  3. Emperor Wu of Han, 156–87 BC
  4. Sima Qian, c. 140 – BC
  5. Tigranes the Great, 140–BC
  6. Sulla, 138–BC
  7. Mithridates VI Eupator, c. 133 – BC
  8. Alexander Jannaeus, c. 127 – BC
  9. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  10. Marcus Licinius Crassus, 115–53 BC
  11. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  12. Pompey, 106–48 BC
  13. Spartacus, 103–71 BC
  14. Cornelius Nepos, c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  15. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  16. Cato the Younger, BC–BC
  17. Lucretius, BC–55 BC
  18. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  19. Marcus Junius Brutus, c. 85 – 42 BC
  20. Catullus, c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  21. Sallust, 86–35 BC
  22. Mark Antony, BC–BC
  23. Vercingetorix, c. 80 – BC
  24. Vitruvius, c. 80 – c. 15 BC

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When Alexander Jannaeus died, Julius Caesar was 23 or 24, Cicero was 29 or 30, Lucretius was 17 or 18, Pompey was 29 or 30 and Sallust was 9 or 10.

Born during Alexander Jannaeus’s lifetime: Julius Caesar, Cicero, Lucretius, Catullus, Pompey, Mark Antony, Vitruvius and Spartacus.

Not quite contemporaries: Virgil was born about 6 years after Alexander Jannaeus died, Augustus was born about 13 years after Alexander Jannaeus died, Cleopatra was born about 5 years after Alexander Jannaeus died and Horace was born about 11 years after Alexander Jannaeus died.

Where Alexander Jannaeus’s contemporaries were born

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The 42 best-known contemporaries

42 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Alexander Jannaeus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 101 BC.

  1. Julius Caesar 100–44 BC
  2. Cicero 106–43 BC
  3. Sima Qian c. 140 – BC
  4. Lucretius BC–55 BC
  5. Catullus c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  6. Pompey 106–48 BC
  7. Mark Antony BC–BC
  8. Vitruvius c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  9. Spartacus 103–71 BC
  10. Diodorus Siculus c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  11. Hipparchus c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  12. Sallust 86–35 BC
  13. Sulla 138–BC
  14. Marcus Junius Brutus c. 85 – 42 BC
  15. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  16. Marcus Licinius Crassus 115–53 BC
  17. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  18. Gaius Marius c. 158 – 86 BC
  19. Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
  20. Vercingetorix c. 80 – BC
  21. Mithridates VI Eupator c. 133 – BC
  22. Cato the Younger BC–BC
  23. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  24. Posidonius 135–BC
  25. Apollodorus of Athens c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  26. Catiline 108–62 BC
  27. Ptolemy XII Auletes 117–BC
  28. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  29. Ptolemy IX Soter 142–81 BC
  30. Jugurtha 160–104 BC
  31. Gaius Cassius Longinus c. 82 – BC
  32. Cleopatra II c. 186 – 116 BC
  33. Ptolemy VIII Physcon 182–116 BC
  34. Cleopatra III c. 161 – 101 BC
  35. Gaius Gracchus c. 154 – 121 BC
  36. Ptolemy X Alexander I c. 139 – BC
  37. Lucullus c. 117 – c. 57 BC
  38. Zhang Qian 200 – c. 114 BC
  39. Dionysius Thrax 170–BC
  40. Lucius Cornelius Cinna 135–BC
  41. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  42. Cleopatra IV c. 138 – 112 BC