Who Was Alive

Were Cicero and Herod the Great alive at the same time?

Yes. Cicero and Herod the Great were alive at the same time, from c. 74 BC to 43 BC.

Cicero

Cicero

Roman lawyer and orator

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

Herod the Great

Herod the Great

King of Judea

Born c. 74 BC · died c. 4 BC

  1. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  2. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  3. Herod the Great, c. 74 – c. 4 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 Herod the Great 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 Herod the Great were born

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