Who Was Alive

Were Cicero and Diodorus Siculus alive at the same time?

Yes. Cicero and Diodorus Siculus were alive at the same time, from c. 90 BC to 43 BC.

Cicero

Cicero

Roman lawyer and orator

Born 3 January 106 BC · died 7 December 43 BC, aged 63

Diodorus Siculus

Diodorus Siculus

Historian

Born c. 90 BC · died c. 20 BC

  1. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  2. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  3. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  4. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  5. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  6. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  7. Ovid, 43 BC – AD 17

Cicero and Diodorus Siculus in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Cicero and Diodorus Siculus were born

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