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Gaius Gracchus
Félix Auvray (1800-1833), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Gaius Gracchus

Roman politician

Born c. 154 BC · died 121 BC
Also known as Gaius Sempronius Gracchus, Caius Sempronius Gracchus

Who was alive at the same time as Gaius Gracchus?

  1. Masinissa, 238 – c. 149 BC
  2. Cato the Elder, c. 234 – 149 BC
  3. Carneades, 213–129 BC
  4. Polybius, c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  5. Mithridates I of Parthia, 195–132 BC
  6. Hipparchus, c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  7. Cleopatra II, c. 186 – 116 BC
  8. Scipio Aemilianus, c. 185 – 129 BC
  9. Ptolemy VI Philometor, c. 185 – 145 BC
  10. Apollodorus of Athens, c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  11. Ptolemy VIII Physcon, 182–116 BC
  12. Cleopatra III, c. 161 – 101 BC
  13. Tiberius Gracchus, 162–133 BC
  14. Jugurtha, 160–104 BC
  15. Gaius Marius, c. 158 – 86 BC
  16. Gaius Gracchus, c. 154 – 121 BC
  17. Emperor Wu of Han, 156–87 BC
  18. Sima Qian, c. 140 – BC
  19. Ptolemy IX Soter, 142–81 BC
  20. Tigranes the Great, 140–BC
  21. Ptolemy X Alexander I, c. 139 – BC
  22. Sulla, 138–BC
  23. Posidonius, 135–BC
  24. Mithridates VI Eupator, c. 133 – BC

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When Gaius Gracchus died, Tigranes the Great was 18 or 19, Emperor Wu of Han was 34 or 35, Ptolemy IX Soter was 20 or 21, Jugurtha was 38 or 39 and Zhang Qian was 78 or 79.

Born during Gaius Gracchus’s lifetime: Sima Qian, Sulla, Tigranes the Great, Mithridates VI Eupator, Posidonius, Ptolemy IX Soter, Ptolemy X Alexander I and Lucius Cornelius Cinna.

Not quite contemporaries: Cicero was born about 14 years after Gaius Gracchus died, Pompey was born about 15 years after Gaius Gracchus died, Terence died about 2 years before Gaius Gracchus was born and Marcus Terentius Varro was born about 5 years after Gaius Gracchus died.

Where Gaius Gracchus’s contemporaries were born

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The 29 best-known contemporaries

29 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Gaius Gracchus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 137 BC.

  1. Sima Qian c. 140 – BC
  2. Cato the Elder c. 234 – 149 BC
  3. Polybius c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  4. Hipparchus c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  5. Sulla 138–BC
  6. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  7. Gaius Marius c. 158 – 86 BC
  8. Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
  9. Mithridates VI Eupator c. 133 – BC
  10. Posidonius 135–BC
  11. Apollodorus of Athens c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  12. Tiberius Gracchus 162–133 BC
  13. Scipio Aemilianus c. 185 – 129 BC
  14. Ptolemy VI Philometor c. 185 – 145 BC
  15. Mithridates I of Parthia 195–132 BC
  16. Ptolemy IX Soter 142–81 BC
  17. Jugurtha 160–104 BC
  18. Carneades 213–129 BC
  19. Cleopatra II c. 186 – 116 BC
  20. Ptolemy VIII Physcon 182–116 BC
  21. Masinissa 238 – c. 149 BC
  22. Cleopatra III c. 161 – 101 BC
  23. Ptolemy X Alexander I c. 139 – BC
  24. Zhang Qian 200 – c. 114 BC
  25. Demetrius I Soter 187–150 BC
  26. Dionysius Thrax 170–BC
  27. Lucius Cornelius Cinna 135–BC
  28. Cleopatra IV c. 138 – 112 BC
  29. Alexander Jannaeus c. 127 – BC