Who Was Alive
Cimon
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Cimon

Athenian soldier

Born 510 BC · died 450 BC
Also known as Kimon

Who was alive at the same time as Cimon?

  1. Anacreon, c. 570 – c. 485 BC
  2. Xenophanes, 570 – c. 478 BC
  3. Simonides of Ceos, 556 – c. 468 BC
  4. Confucius, c. 551 – c. 479 BC
  5. Darius the Great, 550–486 BC
  6. Aeschylus, 525–456 BC
  7. Themistocles, 524–459 BC
  8. Pāṇini, c. 520 – c. 460 BC
  9. Xerxes I, 519–465 BC
  10. Pindar, 517–437 BC
  11. Parmenides, c. 512 – c. 470 BC
  12. Cimon, 510–450 BC
  13. Anaxagoras, c. 500 – c. 428 BC
  14. Phidias, c. 500 – c. 430 BC
  15. Sophocles, c. 496 – c. 406 BC
  16. Empedocles, c. 494 – c. 434 BC
  17. Pericles, 494–429 BC
  18. Protagoras, c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  19. Zeno of Elea, c. 490 – c. 425 BC
  20. Herodotus, c. 484 – c. 425 BC
  21. Gorgias, c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  22. Socrates, c. 470 – 399 BC
  23. Mozi, 470–391 BC
  24. Hippocrates, c. 460 – c. 370 BC

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When Cimon was born, Aeschylus was 14 or 15, Pindar was 6 or 7, Xenophanes was 59 or 60, Simonides of Ceos was 45 or 46 and Sushruta was 89 or 90.

When Cimon died, Critias was 9 or 10.

Born during Cimon’s lifetime: Socrates, Sophocles, Herodotus, Hippocrates, Pericles, Anaxagoras, Protagoras and Empedocles.

Not quite contemporaries: Aristophanes was born about 2 years after Cimon died, Anaximenes of Miletus died about 12 years before Cimon was born, Antisthenes was born about 4 years after Cimon died and Isocrates was born about 13 years after Cimon died.

What happened in Cimon’s lifetime

Where Cimon’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Cimon

The 42 best-known contemporaries

42 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Cimon. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 480 BC.

  1. Confucius c. 551 – c. 479 BC
  2. Socrates c. 470 – 399 BC
  3. Sophocles c. 496 – c. 406 BC
  4. Herodotus c. 484 – c. 425 BC
  5. Hippocrates c. 460 – c. 370 BC
  6. Aeschylus 525–456 BC
  7. Pericles 494–429 BC
  8. Darius the Great 550–486 BC
  9. Parmenides c. 512 – c. 470 BC
  10. Anaxagoras c. 500 – c. 428 BC
  11. Protagoras c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  12. Empedocles c. 494 – c. 434 BC
  13. Pindar 517–437 BC
  14. Xenophanes 570 – c. 478 BC
  15. Zeno of Elea c. 490 – c. 425 BC
  16. Xerxes I 519–465 BC
  17. Gorgias c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  18. Anacreon c. 570 – c. 485 BC
  19. Themistocles 524–459 BC
  20. Pāṇini c. 520 – c. 460 BC
  21. Phidias c. 500 – c. 430 BC
  22. Mozi 470–391 BC
  23. Simonides of Ceos 556 – c. 468 BC
  24. Aspasia c. 470 – 400 BC
  25. Artaxerxes II c. 453 – 358 BC
  26. Darius II 475–404 BC
  27. Theognis of Megara 570–485 BC
  28. Philolaus c. 470 – c. 390 BC
  29. Sushruta 600–500 BC
  30. Miltiades c. 554 – 489 BC
  31. Polykleitos c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  32. Critias 460–403 BC
  33. Śāriputra 568–484 BC
  34. Bacchylides c. 516 – c. 451 BC
  35. Aristides c. 540 – 467 BC
  36. Hippocrates of Chios c. 470 – 410 BC
  37. Bimbisara 558–491 BC
  38. Prodicus c. 460 – c. 380 BC
  39. Epicharmus of Cos c. 531 – c. 440 BC
  40. Callicrates c. 470 – 420 BC
  41. Pherecydes of Syros c. 580 – c. 499 BC
  42. Atossa 550–475 BC