Who Was Alive

Were Diodorus Siculus and Virgil alive at the same time?

Yes. Diodorus Siculus and Virgil were alive at the same time, from 70 BC to 19 BC.

Diodorus Siculus

Diodorus Siculus

Historian

Born c. 90 BC · died c. 20 BC

Virgil

Virgil

Roman poet

Born 15 October 70 BC · died 21 September 19 BC, aged 50

  1. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  2. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  3. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  4. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  5. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  6. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  7. Ovid, 43 BC – AD 17

Diodorus Siculus and Virgil in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Diodorus Siculus and Virgil were born

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