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Dionysius Thrax
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Dionysius Thrax

Grammarian

Born 170 BC · died 90 BC
Also known as Dionysius the Thracian

Who was alive at the same time as Dionysius Thrax?

  1. Ennius, 239–169 BC
  2. Cato the Elder, c. 234 – 149 BC
  3. Antiochus IV Epiphanes, c. 215 – 164 BC
  4. Polybius, c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  5. Hipparchus, c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  6. Terence, c. 188 – 159 BC
  7. Apollodorus of Athens, c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  8. Dionysius Thrax, 170–BC
  9. Gaius Marius, c. 158 – 86 BC
  10. Emperor Wu of Han, 156–87 BC
  11. Sima Qian, c. 140 – BC
  12. Tigranes the Great, 140–BC
  13. Sulla, 138–BC
  14. Posidonius, 135–BC
  15. Mithridates VI Eupator, c. 133 – BC
  16. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  17. Marcus Licinius Crassus, 115–53 BC
  18. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  19. Pompey, 106–48 BC
  20. Spartacus, 103–71 BC
  21. Cornelius Nepos, c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  22. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  23. Cato the Younger, BC–BC
  24. Lucretius, BC–55 BC

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When Dionysius Thrax was born, Ennius was 68 or 69, Zhang Qian was 29 or 30 and Demetrius I Soter was 16 or 17.

When Dionysius Thrax died, Julius Caesar was 9 or 10, Cicero was 15 or 16, Lucretius was 3 or 4, Pompey was 15 or 16 and Emperor Wu of Han was 65 or 66.

Born during Dionysius Thrax’s lifetime: Julius Caesar, Cicero, Sima Qian, Lucretius, Pompey, Spartacus, Sulla and Marcus Terentius Varro.

Not quite contemporaries: Hannibal died about 12 years before Dionysius Thrax was born, Catullus was born about 3 years after Dionysius Thrax died, Plautus died about 13 years before Dionysius Thrax was born and Mark Antony was born about 7 years after Dionysius Thrax died.

Where Dionysius Thrax’s contemporaries were born

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The 47 best-known contemporaries

47 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Dionysius Thrax. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 130 BC.

  1. Julius Caesar 100–44 BC
  2. Cicero 106–43 BC
  3. Sima Qian c. 140 – BC
  4. Lucretius BC–55 BC
  5. Cato the Elder c. 234 – 149 BC
  6. Pompey 106–48 BC
  7. Terence c. 188 – 159 BC
  8. Spartacus 103–71 BC
  9. Polybius c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  10. Hipparchus c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  11. Sulla 138–BC
  12. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  13. Marcus Licinius Crassus 115–53 BC
  14. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  15. Ennius 239–169 BC
  16. Gaius Marius c. 158 – 86 BC
  17. Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
  18. Mithridates VI Eupator c. 133 – BC
  19. Cato the Younger BC–BC
  20. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  21. Posidonius 135–BC
  22. Antiochus IV Epiphanes c. 215 – 164 BC
  23. Apollodorus of Athens c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  24. Tiberius Gracchus 162–133 BC
  25. Catiline 108–62 BC
  26. Ptolemy XII Auletes 117–BC
  27. Scipio Aemilianus c. 185 – 129 BC
  28. Ptolemy VI Philometor c. 185 – 145 BC
  29. Mithridates I of Parthia 195–132 BC
  30. Ptolemy IX Soter 142–81 BC
  31. Jugurtha 160–104 BC
  32. Carneades 213–129 BC
  33. Cleopatra II c. 186 – 116 BC
  34. Ptolemy VIII Physcon 182–116 BC
  35. Masinissa 238 – c. 149 BC
  36. Cleopatra III c. 161 – 101 BC
  37. Gaius Gracchus c. 154 – 121 BC
  38. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus c. 228 – 160 BC
  39. Perseus of Macedon c. 212 – 166 BC
  40. Ptolemy X Alexander I c. 139 – BC
  41. Lucullus c. 117 – c. 57 BC
  42. Eumenes II 221–159 BC
  43. Zhang Qian 200 – c. 114 BC
  44. Demetrius I Soter 187–150 BC
  45. Lucius Cornelius Cinna 135–BC
  46. Cleopatra IV c. 138 – 112 BC
  47. Alexander Jannaeus c. 127 – BC