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Dionysius of Halicarnassus
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Dionysius of Halicarnassus

Historian

Born c. 60 BC · died 7 BC
Also known as Dionysios of Halikarnassos

Who was alive at the same time as Dionysius of Halicarnassus?

  1. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  2. Marcus Licinius Crassus, 115–53 BC
  3. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  4. Pompey, 106–48 BC
  5. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  6. Lucretius, BC–55 BC
  7. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  8. Marcus Junius Brutus, c. 85 – 42 BC
  9. Catullus, c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  10. Sallust, 86–35 BC
  11. Mark Antony, BC–BC
  12. Vitruvius, c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  13. Herod the Great, c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  14. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  15. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  16. Strabo, c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  17. Horace, 65–8 BC
  18. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  19. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, c. 60 – BC
  20. Livy, BC – AD 17
  21. Ovid, 43 BC – AD 17
  22. Tiberius, 42 BC – AD 37
  23. Arminius, c. 17 BC – c. AD 21
  24. Claudius, 10 BC – AD 54

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When Dionysius of Halicarnassus died, Augustus was 55 or 56, Ovid was 35 or 36, Tiberius was 34 or 35, Claudius was 2 or 3 and Germanicus was 7 or 8.

Born during Dionysius of Halicarnassus’s lifetime: Ovid, Tiberius, Claudius, Arminius, Philo, Propertius, Germanicus and Caesarion.

Not quite contemporaries: Paul the Apostle was born about 8 years after Dionysius of Halicarnassus died, Saint Peter was born about 5 years after Dionysius of Halicarnassus died, Vespasian was born about 15 years after Dionysius of Halicarnassus died and Pope Linus was born about 15 years after Dionysius of Halicarnassus died.

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Where Dionysius of Halicarnassus’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 Dionysius of Halicarnassus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 32 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. Claudius 10 BC – AD 54
  14. Pompey 106–48 BC
  15. Mark Antony BC–BC
  16. Vitruvius c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  17. Diodorus Siculus c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  18. Sallust 86–35 BC
  19. Herod the Great c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  20. Arminius c. 17 BC – c. AD 21
  21. Marcus Junius Brutus c. 85 – 42 BC
  22. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  23. Marcus Licinius Crassus 115–53 BC
  24. Saint Anne c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  25. Philo c. 15 BC – c. AD 50
  26. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  27. Propertius c. 47 – BC
  28. Vercingetorix c. 80 – BC
  29. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa BC–BC
  30. Cato the Younger BC–BC
  31. Germanicus 15 BC – AD 19
  32. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  33. Caesarion 47–30 BC
  34. Posidonius 135–BC
  35. Seneca the Elder c. 54 BC – c. AD 39
  36. Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator BC–47 BC
  37. Livia BC – AD 29
  38. Velleius Paterculus c. 19 BC – c. AD 31
  39. Ptolemy XII Auletes 117–BC
  40. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  41. Wang Mang c. 45 BC – AD 23
  42. Nero Claudius Drusus 38–9 BC
  43. Gaius Cassius Longinus c. 82 – BC
  44. Herod Agrippa BC – AD 44
  45. Juba II BC – AD 23
  46. Cleopatra Selene II 40–BC
  47. Gaius Julius Hyginus c. 64 BC – AD 17
  48. Agrippina the Elder BC – AD 33
  49. Herod Archelaus BC – c. AD 17
  50. Gaius Caesar BC – AD 4
  51. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  52. Nicolaus of Damascus BC – AD 4
  53. Dongmyeong of Goguryeo BC–BC
  54. Sejanus 20 BC – AD 31
  55. Julia the Elder 39 BC – AD 14