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Arminius
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Arminius

Roman war chief

Born c. 17 BC · died c. AD 21
Also known as Herman, Hermann, Gaius Julius Arminius

Who was alive at the same time as Arminius?

  1. Herod the Great, c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  2. Strabo, c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  3. Horace, 65–8 BC
  4. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, BC–BC
  5. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  6. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, c. 60 – BC
  7. Livy, BC – AD 17
  8. Saint Anne, c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  9. Ovid, 43 BC – AD 17
  10. Tiberius, 42 BC – AD 37
  11. Arminius, c. 17 BC – c. AD 21
  12. Philo, c. 15 BC – c. AD 50
  13. Germanicus, 15 BC – AD 19
  14. Claudius, 10 BC – AD 54
  15. Galba, 3 BC – AD 69
  16. Saint Stephen, c. AD 1 – c. AD 36
  17. Saint Peter, BC – c. AD 66
  18. Paul the Apostle, c. AD 5 – c. AD 66
  19. Hero of Alexandria, c. AD 10 – c. AD 75
  20. Vespasian, AD 9 – AD 79
  21. Pope Linus, AD 10 – AD 79
  22. John the Evangelist, AD 10 – AD 98
  23. Caligula, AD 12 – AD 41
  24. Vitellius, AD 15 – AD 69

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Born during Arminius’s lifetime: Paul the Apostle, Saint Peter, Caligula, Vespasian, Claudius, Pope Linus, Galba and Vitellius.

Not quite contemporaries: Cleopatra died about 10 years before Arminius was born, Nero was born about 14 years after Arminius died, Mark Antony died about 10 years before Arminius was born and Josephus was born about 13 years after Arminius died.

Where Arminius’s contemporaries were born

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The 44 best-known contemporaries

44 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Arminius. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 2.

  1. Augustus 63 BC – AD 14
  2. Ovid 43 BC – AD 17
  3. Paul the Apostle c. AD 5 – c. AD 66
  4. Horace 65–8 BC
  5. Saint Peter BC – c. AD 66
  6. Caligula AD 12 – AD 41
  7. Livy BC – AD 17
  8. Tiberius 42 BC – AD 37
  9. Strabo c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  10. Vespasian AD 9 – AD 79
  11. Claudius 10 BC – AD 54
  12. Pope Linus AD 10 – AD 79
  13. Galba 3 BC – AD 69
  14. Vitellius AD 15 – AD 69
  15. Herod the Great c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  16. Hero of Alexandria c. AD 10 – c. AD 75
  17. Saint Anne c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  18. Philo c. 15 BC – c. AD 50
  19. Saint Stephen c. AD 1 – c. AD 36
  20. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa BC–BC
  21. Dionysius of Halicarnassus c. 60 – BC
  22. John the Evangelist AD 10 – AD 98
  23. Germanicus 15 BC – AD 19
  24. Agrippina the Younger AD 15 – AD 59
  25. Seneca the Elder c. 54 BC – c. AD 39
  26. Saint Timothy AD 17 – AD 97
  27. Livia BC – AD 29
  28. Velleius Paterculus c. 19 BC – c. AD 31
  29. Apollonius of Tyana c. AD 15 – c. AD 100
  30. Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella AD 4 – AD 70
  31. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  32. Wang Mang c. 45 BC – AD 23
  33. Nero Claudius Drusus 38–9 BC
  34. Herod Agrippa BC – AD 44
  35. Juba II BC – AD 23
  36. Cleopatra Selene II 40–BC
  37. Gaius Julius Hyginus c. 64 BC – AD 17
  38. Agrippina the Elder BC – AD 33
  39. Herod Archelaus BC – c. AD 17
  40. Gaius Caesar BC – AD 4
  41. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  42. Nicolaus of Damascus BC – AD 4
  43. Sejanus 20 BC – AD 31
  44. Julia the Elder 39 BC – AD 14