Who Was Alive

Caligula

Third Roman emperor (37–41)

Born 31 August AD 12 · died 24 January AD 41, aged 28

Who was alive at the same time as Caligula?

  1. Strabo
  2. Augustus
  3. Titus Livius
  4. Ovid
  5. Tiberius
  6. Claudius
  7. Galba
  8. Saint Peter
  9. Paul the Apostle
  10. Vespasian
  11. Mark the Evangelist
  12. Linus
  13. Caligula
  14. Pliny the Elder
  15. Anacletus
  16. Josephus
  17. Nero
  18. Titus
Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Caligula was born, Augustus was 73, Ovid was 54, Saint Peter was 11 or 12, Titus Livius was 69 or 70 and Tiberius was 52.

When Caligula died, Saint Peter was 40 or 41, Nero was 3, Vespasian was 31, Claudius was 49 and Titus was 1.

Born during Caligula’s lifetime: Nero, Pliny the Elder, Titus, Josephus and Anacletus.

Not quite contemporaries: Tacitus was born 11 years after Caligula died, Epictetus was born 7 years after Caligula died, Trajan was born 12 years after Caligula died and Domitian was born 10 years after Caligula died.

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