Who Was Alive

Were Cicero and Horace alive at the same time?

Yes. Cicero and Horace were alive at the same time for 21 years, from 65 BC to 43 BC.

Cicero was 41 when Horace was born.

Horace was 21 when Cicero died, aged 63.

Cicero

Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher

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

Horace

Roman lyric poet (65 BC – 8 BC)

Born 8 December 65 BC · died 27 November 8 BC, aged 56

  1. Cicero
  2. Julius Caesar
  3. Cleopatra
  4. Virgil
  5. Horace
  6. Augustus
  7. Ovid
Cicero and Horace in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.