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Catiline
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Catiline

Roman politician

Born 108 BC · died January 62 BC, aged 45 or 46
Also known as Lucius Sergius Catilina, Catilina

Who was alive at the same time as Catiline?

  1. Gaius Marius, c. 158 – 86 BC
  2. Emperor Wu of Han, 156–87 BC
  3. Sima Qian, c. 140 – BC
  4. Tigranes the Great, 140–BC
  5. Sulla, 138–BC
  6. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  7. Marcus Licinius Crassus, 115–53 BC
  8. Catiline, 108–62 BC
  9. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  10. Pompey, 106–48 BC
  11. Spartacus, 103–71 BC
  12. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  13. Lucretius, BC–55 BC
  14. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  15. Marcus Junius Brutus, c. 85 – 42 BC
  16. Catullus, c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  17. Sallust, 86–35 BC
  18. Mark Antony, BC–BC
  19. Vitruvius, c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  20. Herod the Great, c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  21. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  22. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  23. Horace, 65–8 BC
  24. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14

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When Catiline was born, Marcus Licinius Crassus was 6 or 7, Tigranes the Great was 31 or 32, Emperor Wu of Han was 47 or 48, Ptolemy XII Auletes was 8 or 9 and Ptolemy IX Soter was 33 or 34.

When Catiline died, Julius Caesar was 37, Virgil was 7, Augustus was under a year old, Cicero was 43 or 44 and Horace was 2.

Born during Catiline’s lifetime: Julius Caesar, Virgil, Augustus, Cicero, Cleopatra, Horace, Lucretius and Catullus.

Not quite contemporaries: Livy was born about 2 years after Catiline died, Polybius died about 9 years before Catiline was born, Hipparchus died about 9 years before Catiline was born and Saint Anne was born about 4 years after Catiline died.

Where Catiline’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 Catiline. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 85 BC.

  1. Julius Caesar 100–44 BC
  2. Virgil 70–19 BC
  3. Augustus 63 BC – AD 14
  4. Cicero 106–43 BC
  5. Cleopatra c. 69 – 30 BC
  6. Horace 65–8 BC
  7. Sima Qian c. 140 – BC
  8. Lucretius BC–55 BC
  9. Catullus c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  10. Pompey 106–48 BC
  11. Mark Antony BC–BC
  12. Vitruvius c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  13. Spartacus 103–71 BC
  14. Diodorus Siculus c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  15. Sallust 86–35 BC
  16. Herod the Great c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  17. Sulla 138–BC
  18. Marcus Junius Brutus c. 85 – 42 BC
  19. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  20. Marcus Licinius Crassus 115–53 BC
  21. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  22. Gaius Marius c. 158 – 86 BC
  23. Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
  24. Vercingetorix c. 80 – BC
  25. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa BC–BC
  26. Mithridates VI Eupator c. 133 – BC
  27. Cato the Younger BC–BC
  28. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  29. Posidonius 135–BC
  30. Ptolemy XII Auletes 117–BC
  31. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  32. Ptolemy IX Soter 142–81 BC
  33. Jugurtha 160–104 BC
  34. Gaius Cassius Longinus c. 82 – BC
  35. Cleopatra III c. 161 – 101 BC
  36. Ptolemy X Alexander I c. 139 – BC
  37. Lucullus c. 117 – c. 57 BC
  38. Dionysius Thrax 170–BC
  39. Lucius Cornelius Cinna 135–BC
  40. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  41. Nicolaus of Damascus BC – AD 4
  42. Alexander Jannaeus c. 127 – BC