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Cleopatra III
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Cleopatra III

Pharaoh

Born c. 161 BC · died September 101 BC
Also known as Cleopatra III of Egypt, Cleopatra Euergetis, Cleopatra Philometor Soteira

Who was alive at the same time as Cleopatra III?

  1. Cato the Elder, c. 234 – 149 BC
  2. Polybius, c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  3. Mithridates I of Parthia, 195–132 BC
  4. Hipparchus, c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  5. Scipio Aemilianus, c. 185 – 129 BC
  6. Ptolemy VI Philometor, c. 185 – 145 BC
  7. Apollodorus of Athens, c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  8. Cleopatra III, c. 161 – 101 BC
  9. Tiberius Gracchus, 162–133 BC
  10. Gaius Marius, c. 158 – 86 BC
  11. Emperor Wu of Han, 156–87 BC
  12. Sima Qian, c. 140 – BC
  13. Ptolemy IX Soter, 142–81 BC
  14. Tigranes the Great, 140–BC
  15. Sulla, 138–BC
  16. Posidonius, 135–BC
  17. Mithridates VI Eupator, c. 133 – BC
  18. Ptolemy XII Auletes, 117–BC
  19. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  20. Marcus Licinius Crassus, 115–53 BC
  21. Catiline, 108–62 BC
  22. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  23. Pompey, 106–48 BC
  24. Spartacus, 103–71 BC

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When Cleopatra III died, Cicero was 5, Pompey was 4 or 5, Spartacus was 1 or 2, Sulla was 36 or 37 and Marcus Terentius Varro was 14 or 15.

Born during Cleopatra III’s lifetime: Cicero, Sima Qian, Pompey, Spartacus, Sulla, Marcus Terentius Varro, Marcus Licinius Crassus and Tigranes the Great.

Not quite contemporaries: Julius Caesar was born about a year after Cleopatra III died, Lucretius was born about 6 years after Cleopatra III died, Catullus was born about 14 years after Cleopatra III died and Diodorus Siculus was born about 8 years after Cleopatra III died.

Where Cleopatra III’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Cleopatra III

The 37 best-known contemporaries

37 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Cleopatra III. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 129 BC.

  1. Cicero 106–43 BC
  2. Sima Qian c. 140 – BC
  3. Cato the Elder c. 234 – 149 BC
  4. Pompey 106–48 BC
  5. Spartacus 103–71 BC
  6. Polybius c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  7. Hipparchus c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  8. Sulla 138–BC
  9. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  10. Marcus Licinius Crassus 115–53 BC
  11. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  12. Gaius Marius c. 158 – 86 BC
  13. Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
  14. Mithridates VI Eupator c. 133 – BC
  15. Posidonius 135–BC
  16. Apollodorus of Athens c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  17. Tiberius Gracchus 162–133 BC
  18. Catiline 108–62 BC
  19. Ptolemy XII Auletes 117–BC
  20. Scipio Aemilianus c. 185 – 129 BC
  21. Ptolemy VI Philometor c. 185 – 145 BC
  22. Mithridates I of Parthia 195–132 BC
  23. Ptolemy IX Soter 142–81 BC
  24. Jugurtha 160–104 BC
  25. Carneades 213–129 BC
  26. Cleopatra II c. 186 – 116 BC
  27. Ptolemy VIII Physcon 182–116 BC
  28. Masinissa 238 – c. 149 BC
  29. Gaius Gracchus c. 154 – 121 BC
  30. Ptolemy X Alexander I c. 139 – BC
  31. Lucullus c. 117 – c. 57 BC
  32. Zhang Qian 200 – c. 114 BC
  33. Demetrius I Soter 187–150 BC
  34. Dionysius Thrax 170–BC
  35. Lucius Cornelius Cinna 135–BC
  36. Cleopatra IV c. 138 – 112 BC
  37. Alexander Jannaeus c. 127 – BC