Who Was Alive
Caesarion
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Caesarion

Pharaoh

Born 23 June 47 BC · died August 30 BC, aged 17
Also known as Ptolemy Caesar, Ptolemy XV Cesarion

Who was alive at the same time as Caesarion?

  1. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  2. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  3. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  4. Cato the Younger, BC–BC
  5. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  6. Marcus Junius Brutus, c. 85 – 42 BC
  7. Sallust, 86–35 BC
  8. Mark Antony, BC–BC
  9. Vercingetorix, c. 80 – BC
  10. Vitruvius, c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  11. Herod the Great, c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  12. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  13. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  14. Strabo, c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  15. Horace, 65–8 BC
  16. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, BC–BC
  17. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  18. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, c. 60 – BC
  19. Livy, BC – AD 17
  20. Saint Anne, c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  21. Propertius, c. 47 – BC
  22. Caesarion, 47–30 BC
  23. Ovid, 43 BC – AD 17
  24. Tiberius, 42 BC – AD 37

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When Caesarion was born, Julius Caesar was 52, Virgil was 22, Augustus was 15, Cicero was 59 and Horace was 17.

When Caesarion died, Virgil was 39, Augustus was 32, Ovid was 13, Horace was 34 and Livy was 28 or 29.

Born during Caesarion’s lifetime: Ovid, Tiberius, Nero Claudius Drusus, Cleopatra Selene II and Julia the Elder.

Not quite contemporaries: Lucretius died about 8 years before Caesarion was born, Catullus died about 5 years before Caesarion was born, Pompey died about a year before Caesarion was born and Arminius was born about 10 years after Caesarion died.

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Where Caesarion’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 Caesarion. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 38 BC.

  1. Julius Caesar 100–44 BC
  2. Virgil 70–19 BC
  3. Augustus 63 BC – AD 14
  4. Cicero 106–43 BC
  5. Ovid 43 BC – AD 17
  6. Cleopatra c. 69 – 30 BC
  7. Horace 65–8 BC
  8. Livy BC – AD 17
  9. Tiberius 42 BC – AD 37
  10. Strabo c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  11. Mark Antony BC–BC
  12. Vitruvius c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  13. Diodorus Siculus c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  14. Sallust 86–35 BC
  15. Herod the Great c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  16. Marcus Junius Brutus c. 85 – 42 BC
  17. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  18. Saint Anne c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  19. Propertius c. 47 – BC
  20. Vercingetorix c. 80 – BC
  21. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa BC–BC
  22. Dionysius of Halicarnassus c. 60 – BC
  23. Cato the Younger BC–BC
  24. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  25. Seneca the Elder c. 54 BC – c. AD 39
  26. Livia BC – AD 29
  27. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  28. Wang Mang c. 45 BC – AD 23
  29. Nero Claudius Drusus 38–9 BC
  30. Gaius Cassius Longinus c. 82 – BC
  31. Juba II BC – AD 23
  32. Cleopatra Selene II 40–BC
  33. Gaius Julius Hyginus c. 64 BC – AD 17
  34. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  35. Nicolaus of Damascus BC – AD 4
  36. Dongmyeong of Goguryeo BC–BC
  37. Julia the Elder 39 BC – AD 14