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Cornelius Nepos
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Cornelius Nepos

Roman historian and biographer

Born c. 100 BC · died c. 25 BC

Who was alive at the same time as Cornelius Nepos?

  1. Sima Qian, c. 140 – BC
  2. Sulla, 138–BC
  3. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  4. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  5. Pompey, 106–48 BC
  6. Spartacus, 103–71 BC
  7. Cornelius Nepos, c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  8. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  9. Lucretius, BC–55 BC
  10. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  11. Marcus Junius Brutus, c. 85 – 42 BC
  12. Catullus, c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  13. Sallust, 86–35 BC
  14. Mark Antony, BC–BC
  15. Vitruvius, c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  16. Herod the Great, c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  17. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  18. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  19. Strabo, c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  20. Horace, 65–8 BC
  21. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  22. Livy, BC – AD 17
  23. Ovid, 43 BC – AD 17
  24. Tiberius, 42 BC – AD 37

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Born during Cornelius Nepos’s lifetime: Virgil, Augustus, Ovid, Cleopatra, Horace, Livy, Lucretius and Catullus.

Not quite contemporaries: Claudius was born about 13 years after Cornelius Nepos died, Arminius was born about 3 years after Cornelius Nepos died, Philo was born about 5 years after Cornelius Nepos died and Germanicus was born about 8 years after Cornelius Nepos died.

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The 58 best-known contemporaries

58 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Cornelius Nepos. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 63 BC.

  1. Julius Caesar 100–44 BC
  2. Virgil 70–19 BC
  3. Augustus 63 BC – AD 14
  4. Cicero 106–43 BC
  5. Ovid 43 BC – AD 17
  6. Cleopatra c. 69 – 30 BC
  7. Horace 65–8 BC
  8. Sima Qian c. 140 – BC
  9. Livy BC – AD 17
  10. Lucretius BC–55 BC
  11. Catullus c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  12. Tiberius 42 BC – AD 37
  13. Strabo c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  14. Pompey 106–48 BC
  15. Mark Antony BC–BC
  16. Vitruvius c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  17. Spartacus 103–71 BC
  18. Diodorus Siculus c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  19. Sallust 86–35 BC
  20. Herod the Great c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  21. Sulla 138–BC
  22. Marcus Junius Brutus c. 85 – 42 BC
  23. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  24. Marcus Licinius Crassus 115–53 BC
  25. Saint Anne c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  26. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  27. Propertius c. 47 – BC
  28. Gaius Marius c. 158 – 86 BC
  29. Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
  30. Vercingetorix c. 80 – BC
  31. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa BC–BC
  32. Mithridates VI Eupator c. 133 – BC
  33. Dionysius of Halicarnassus c. 60 – BC
  34. Cato the Younger BC–BC
  35. Caesarion 47–30 BC
  36. Posidonius 135–BC
  37. Seneca the Elder c. 54 BC – c. AD 39
  38. Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator BC–47 BC
  39. Catiline 108–62 BC
  40. Livia BC – AD 29
  41. Ptolemy XII Auletes 117–BC
  42. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  43. Wang Mang c. 45 BC – AD 23
  44. Nero Claudius Drusus 38–9 BC
  45. Ptolemy IX Soter 142–81 BC
  46. Gaius Cassius Longinus c. 82 – BC
  47. Ptolemy X Alexander I c. 139 – BC
  48. Juba II BC – AD 23
  49. Cleopatra Selene II 40–BC
  50. Gaius Julius Hyginus c. 64 BC – AD 17
  51. Lucullus c. 117 – c. 57 BC
  52. Dionysius Thrax 170–BC
  53. Lucius Cornelius Cinna 135–BC
  54. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  55. Nicolaus of Damascus BC – AD 4
  56. Dongmyeong of Goguryeo BC–BC
  57. Alexander Jannaeus c. 127 – BC
  58. Julia the Elder 39 BC – AD 14