Who Was Alive

Gaius Julius Hyginus

Roman writer

Born c. 64 BC · died AD 17
Also known as Gaius Iulius Hyginus, Hyginus, G. Julius Hyginus

Who was alive at the same time as Gaius Julius Hyginus?

  1. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  2. Pompey, 106–48 BC
  3. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  4. Lucretius, BC–55 BC
  5. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  6. Catullus, c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  7. Mark Antony, BC–BC
  8. Vitruvius, c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  9. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  10. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  11. Gaius Julius Hyginus, c. 64 BC – AD 17
  12. Strabo, c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  13. Horace, 65–8 BC
  14. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  15. Livy, BC – AD 17
  16. Ovid, 43 BC – AD 17
  17. Tiberius, 42 BC – AD 37
  18. Claudius, 10 BC – AD 54
  19. Galba, 3 BC – AD 69
  20. Saint Peter, BC – c. AD 66
  21. Paul the Apostle, c. AD 5 – c. AD 66
  22. Vespasian, AD 9 – AD 79
  23. Pope Linus, AD 10 – AD 79
  24. Caligula, AD 12 – AD 41

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When Gaius Julius Hyginus died, Caligula was 4 or 5, Tiberius was 57 or 58, Vespasian was 7 or 8, Claudius was 25 or 26 and Galba was 18 or 19.

Born during Gaius Julius Hyginus’s lifetime: Ovid, Paul the Apostle, Saint Peter, Caligula, Livy, Tiberius, Vespasian and Claudius.

Not quite contemporaries: Pliny the Elder was born about 2 years after Gaius Julius Hyginus died, Spartacus died about 5 years before Gaius Julius Hyginus was born, Pope Anacletus was born about 5 years after Gaius Julius Hyginus died and Otho was born about 15 years after Gaius Julius Hyginus died.

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The 68 best-known contemporaries

68 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Gaius Julius Hyginus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 22 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. Paul the Apostle c. AD 5 – c. AD 66
  7. Cleopatra c. 69 – 30 BC
  8. Horace 65–8 BC
  9. Saint Peter BC – c. AD 66
  10. Caligula AD 12 – AD 41
  11. Livy BC – AD 17
  12. Lucretius BC–55 BC
  13. Catullus c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  14. Tiberius 42 BC – AD 37
  15. Strabo c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  16. Vespasian AD 9 – AD 79
  17. Claudius 10 BC – AD 54
  18. Pompey 106–48 BC
  19. Mark Antony BC–BC
  20. Pope Linus AD 10 – AD 79
  21. Vitruvius c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  22. Galba 3 BC – AD 69
  23. Diodorus Siculus c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  24. Vitellius AD 15 – AD 69
  25. Sallust 86–35 BC
  26. Herod the Great c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  27. Hero of Alexandria c. AD 10 – c. AD 75
  28. Arminius c. 17 BC – c. AD 21
  29. Marcus Junius Brutus c. 85 – 42 BC
  30. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  31. Marcus Licinius Crassus 115–53 BC
  32. Saint Anne c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  33. Philo c. 15 BC – c. AD 50
  34. Saint Stephen c. AD 1 – c. AD 36
  35. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  36. Propertius c. 47 – BC
  37. Vercingetorix c. 80 – BC
  38. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa BC–BC
  39. Dionysius of Halicarnassus c. 60 – BC
  40. Cato the Younger BC–BC
  41. John the Evangelist AD 10 – AD 98
  42. Germanicus 15 BC – AD 19
  43. Agrippina the Younger AD 15 – AD 59
  44. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  45. Caesarion 47–30 BC
  46. Posidonius 135–BC
  47. Seneca the Elder c. 54 BC – c. AD 39
  48. Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator BC–47 BC
  49. Livia BC – AD 29
  50. Velleius Paterculus c. 19 BC – c. AD 31
  51. Ptolemy XII Auletes 117–BC
  52. Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella AD 4 – AD 70
  53. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  54. Wang Mang c. 45 BC – AD 23
  55. Nero Claudius Drusus 38–9 BC
  56. Gaius Cassius Longinus c. 82 – BC
  57. Herod Agrippa BC – AD 44
  58. Juba II BC – AD 23
  59. Cleopatra Selene II 40–BC
  60. Agrippina the Elder BC – AD 33
  61. Lucullus c. 117 – c. 57 BC
  62. Herod Archelaus BC – c. AD 17
  63. Gaius Caesar BC – AD 4
  64. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  65. Nicolaus of Damascus BC – AD 4
  66. Dongmyeong of Goguryeo BC–BC
  67. Sejanus 20 BC – AD 31
  68. Julia the Elder 39 BC – AD 14