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Diodorus Siculus
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Diodorus Siculus

Historian

Born c. 90 BC · died c. 20 BC
Also known as Diodorus, Diodorus of Sicily, Diodoros

Who was alive at the same time as Diodorus Siculus?

  1. Sulla, 138–BC
  2. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  3. Marcus Licinius Crassus, 115–53 BC
  4. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  5. Pompey, 106–48 BC
  6. Spartacus, 103–71 BC
  7. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  8. Lucretius, BC–55 BC
  9. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  10. Marcus Junius Brutus, c. 85 – 42 BC
  11. Catullus, c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  12. Sallust, 86–35 BC
  13. Mark Antony, BC–BC
  14. Vitruvius, c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  15. Herod the Great, c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  16. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  17. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  18. Strabo, c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  19. Horace, 65–8 BC
  20. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  21. Livy, BC – AD 17
  22. Saint Anne, c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  23. Ovid, 43 BC – AD 17
  24. Tiberius, 42 BC – AD 37

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Born during Diodorus Siculus’s lifetime: Virgil, Augustus, Ovid, Cleopatra, Horace, Livy, Catullus and Tiberius.

Not quite contemporaries: Claudius was born about 8 years after Diodorus Siculus died, Galba was born about 15 years after Diodorus Siculus died, Germanicus was born about 3 years after Diodorus Siculus died and Jugurtha died about 11 years before Diodorus Siculus was born.

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Where Diodorus Siculus’s contemporaries were born

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The 55 best-known contemporaries

55 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Diodorus Siculus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 55 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. Livy BC – AD 17
  9. Lucretius BC–55 BC
  10. Catullus c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  11. Tiberius 42 BC – AD 37
  12. Strabo c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  13. Pompey 106–48 BC
  14. Mark Antony BC–BC
  15. Vitruvius c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  16. Spartacus 103–71 BC
  17. Sallust 86–35 BC
  18. Herod the Great c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  19. Sulla 138–BC
  20. Marcus Junius Brutus c. 85 – 42 BC
  21. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  22. Marcus Licinius Crassus 115–53 BC
  23. Saint Anne c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  24. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  25. Propertius c. 47 – BC
  26. Gaius Marius c. 158 – 86 BC
  27. Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
  28. Vercingetorix c. 80 – BC
  29. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa BC–BC
  30. Mithridates VI Eupator c. 133 – BC
  31. Dionysius of Halicarnassus c. 60 – BC
  32. Cato the Younger BC–BC
  33. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  34. Caesarion 47–30 BC
  35. Posidonius 135–BC
  36. Seneca the Elder c. 54 BC – c. AD 39
  37. Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator BC–47 BC
  38. Catiline 108–62 BC
  39. Livia BC – AD 29
  40. Ptolemy XII Auletes 117–BC
  41. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  42. Wang Mang c. 45 BC – AD 23
  43. Nero Claudius Drusus 38–9 BC
  44. Ptolemy IX Soter 142–81 BC
  45. Gaius Cassius Longinus c. 82 – BC
  46. Juba II BC – AD 23
  47. Cleopatra Selene II 40–BC
  48. Gaius Julius Hyginus c. 64 BC – AD 17
  49. Lucullus c. 117 – c. 57 BC
  50. Lucius Cornelius Cinna 135–BC
  51. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  52. Nicolaus of Damascus BC – AD 4
  53. Dongmyeong of Goguryeo BC–BC
  54. Alexander Jannaeus c. 127 – BC
  55. Julia the Elder 39 BC – AD 14