Who Was Alive

Apollodorus of Athens

Athenian grammarian and historian

Born c. 180 BC · died 120–110 BC
Also known as Apollodorus

Who was alive at the same time as Apollodorus of Athens?

  1. Ennius, 239–169 BC
  2. Masinissa, 238 – c. 149 BC
  3. Cato the Elder, c. 234 – 149 BC
  4. Antiochus IV Epiphanes, c. 215 – 164 BC
  5. Carneades, 213–129 BC
  6. Polybius, c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  7. Mithridates I of Parthia, 195–132 BC
  8. Hipparchus, c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  9. Terence, c. 188 – 159 BC
  10. Cleopatra II, c. 186 – 116 BC
  11. Scipio Aemilianus, c. 185 – 129 BC
  12. Ptolemy VI Philometor, c. 185 – 145 BC
  13. Apollodorus of Athens, c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  14. Ptolemy VIII Physcon, 182–116 BC
  15. Tiberius Gracchus, 162–133 BC
  16. Jugurtha, 160–104 BC
  17. Gaius Marius, c. 158 – 86 BC
  18. Emperor Wu of Han, 156–87 BC
  19. Sima Qian, c. 140 – BC
  20. Ptolemy IX Soter, 142–81 BC
  21. Tigranes the Great, 140–BC
  22. Sulla, 138–BC
  23. Posidonius, 135–BC
  24. Mithridates VI Eupator, c. 133 – BC

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Born during Apollodorus of Athens’s lifetime: Sima Qian, Sulla, Tigranes the Great, Gaius Marius, Emperor Wu of Han, Mithridates VI Eupator, Posidonius and Tiberius Gracchus.

Not quite contemporaries: Julius Caesar was born about 10 years after Apollodorus of Athens died, Cicero was born about 3 years after Apollodorus of Athens died, Hannibal died about a year before Apollodorus of Athens was born and Lucretius was born about 15 years after Apollodorus of Athens died.

Where Apollodorus of Athens’s contemporaries were born

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The 37 best-known contemporaries

37 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Apollodorus of Athens. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 148 BC.

  1. Sima Qian c. 140 – BC
  2. Cato the Elder c. 234 – 149 BC
  3. Terence c. 188 – 159 BC
  4. Polybius c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  5. Hipparchus c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  6. Sulla 138–BC
  7. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  8. Ennius 239–169 BC
  9. Gaius Marius c. 158 – 86 BC
  10. Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
  11. Mithridates VI Eupator c. 133 – BC
  12. Posidonius 135–BC
  13. Antiochus IV Epiphanes c. 215 – 164 BC
  14. Tiberius Gracchus 162–133 BC
  15. Scipio Aemilianus c. 185 – 129 BC
  16. Ptolemy VI Philometor c. 185 – 145 BC
  17. Mithridates I of Parthia 195–132 BC
  18. Ptolemy IX Soter 142–81 BC
  19. Jugurtha 160–104 BC
  20. Carneades 213–129 BC
  21. Cleopatra II c. 186 – 116 BC
  22. Ptolemy VIII Physcon 182–116 BC
  23. Masinissa 238 – c. 149 BC
  24. Cleopatra III c. 161 – 101 BC
  25. Gaius Gracchus c. 154 – 121 BC
  26. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus c. 228 – 160 BC
  27. Perseus of Macedon c. 212 – 166 BC
  28. Ptolemy X Alexander I c. 139 – BC
  29. Modu Chanyu 234–174 BC
  30. Eumenes II 221–159 BC
  31. Seleucus IV Philopator 217–175 BC
  32. Zhang Qian 200 – c. 114 BC
  33. Demetrius I Soter 187–150 BC
  34. Dionysius Thrax 170–BC
  35. Lucius Cornelius Cinna 135–BC
  36. Cleopatra IV c. 138 – 112 BC
  37. Alexander Jannaeus c. 127 – BC