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Cleopatra Selene II
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Cleopatra Selene II

Monarch

Born 25 December 40 BC · died 5 BC, aged 34 or 35
Also known as Cleopatra VIII of Egypt, Cleopatra VIII

Who was alive at the same time as Cleopatra Selene II?

  1. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  2. Cornelius Nepos, c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  3. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  4. Sallust, 86–35 BC
  5. Mark Antony, BC–BC
  6. Vitruvius, c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  7. Herod the Great, c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  8. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  9. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  10. Strabo, c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  11. Horace, 65–8 BC
  12. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, BC–BC
  13. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  14. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, c. 60 – BC
  15. Livy, BC – AD 17
  16. Saint Anne, c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  17. Propertius, c. 47 – BC
  18. Ovid, 43 BC – AD 17
  19. Tiberius, 42 BC – AD 37
  20. Cleopatra Selene II, 40–BC
  21. Arminius, c. 17 BC – c. AD 21
  22. Philo, c. 15 BC – c. AD 50
  23. Germanicus, 15 BC – AD 19
  24. Claudius, 10 BC – AD 54

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When Cleopatra Selene II was born, Virgil was 30, Augustus was 23, Ovid was 3, Horace was 25 and Livy was 18 or 19.

When Cleopatra Selene II died, Augustus was 57 or 58, Ovid was 37 or 38, Livy was 53 or 54, Tiberius was 36 or 37 and Claudius was 4 or 5.

Born during Cleopatra Selene II’s lifetime: Claudius, Arminius, Philo, Germanicus, Velleius Paterculus, Nero Claudius Drusus, Herod Agrippa and Agrippina the Elder.

Not quite contemporaries: Julius Caesar died about 4 years before Cleopatra Selene II was born, Cicero died about 3 years before Cleopatra Selene II was born, Paul the Apostle was born about 6 years after Cleopatra Selene II died and Saint Peter was born about 3 years after Cleopatra Selene II died.

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The 41 best-known contemporaries

41 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Cleopatra Selene II. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 23 BC.

  1. Virgil 70–19 BC
  2. Augustus 63 BC – AD 14
  3. Ovid 43 BC – AD 17
  4. Cleopatra c. 69 – 30 BC
  5. Horace 65–8 BC
  6. Livy BC – AD 17
  7. Tiberius 42 BC – AD 37
  8. Strabo c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  9. Claudius 10 BC – AD 54
  10. Mark Antony BC–BC
  11. Vitruvius c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  12. Diodorus Siculus c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  13. Sallust 86–35 BC
  14. Herod the Great c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  15. Arminius c. 17 BC – c. AD 21
  16. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  17. Saint Anne c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  18. Philo c. 15 BC – c. AD 50
  19. Propertius c. 47 – BC
  20. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa BC–BC
  21. Dionysius of Halicarnassus c. 60 – BC
  22. Germanicus 15 BC – AD 19
  23. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  24. Caesarion 47–30 BC
  25. Seneca the Elder c. 54 BC – c. AD 39
  26. Livia BC – AD 29
  27. Velleius Paterculus c. 19 BC – c. AD 31
  28. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  29. Wang Mang c. 45 BC – AD 23
  30. Nero Claudius Drusus 38–9 BC
  31. Herod Agrippa BC – AD 44
  32. Juba II BC – AD 23
  33. Gaius Julius Hyginus c. 64 BC – AD 17
  34. Agrippina the Elder BC – AD 33
  35. Herod Archelaus BC – c. AD 17
  36. Gaius Caesar BC – AD 4
  37. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  38. Nicolaus of Damascus BC – AD 4
  39. Dongmyeong of Goguryeo BC–BC
  40. Sejanus 20 BC – AD 31
  41. Julia the Elder 39 BC – AD 14