Who Was Alive

Gaius Lucilius

Roman poet

Born c. 180 BC · died 102 BC
Also known as Lucilius, Caius Lucilius

Who was alive at the same time as Gaius Lucilius?

  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. Scipio Aemilianus, c. 185 – 129 BC
  8. Gaius Lucilius, c. 180 – 102 BC
  9. Apollodorus of Athens, c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  10. Tiberius Gracchus, 162–133 BC
  11. Gaius Marius, c. 158 – 86 BC
  12. Emperor Wu of Han, 156–87 BC
  13. Sima Qian, c. 140 – BC
  14. Tigranes the Great, 140–BC
  15. Sulla, 138–BC
  16. Posidonius, 135–BC
  17. Mithridates VI Eupator, c. 133 – BC
  18. Ptolemy XII Auletes, 117–BC
  19. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  20. Marcus Licinius Crassus, 115–53 BC
  21. Catiline, 108–62 BC
  22. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  23. Pompey, 106–48 BC
  24. Spartacus, 103–71 BC

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When Gaius Lucilius died, Cicero was 4 or 5, Pompey was 3 or 4, Sulla was 35 or 36, Marcus Terentius Varro was 13 or 14 and Emperor Wu of Han was 53 or 54.

Born during Gaius Lucilius’s lifetime: Cicero, Sima Qian, Pompey, Spartacus, Sulla, Marcus Terentius Varro, Marcus Licinius Crassus and Tigranes the Great.

Not quite contemporaries: Julius Caesar was born about 2 years after Gaius Lucilius died, Hannibal died about a year before Gaius Lucilius was born, Lucretius was born about 7 years after Gaius Lucilius died and Catullus was born about 15 years after Gaius Lucilius died.

Where Gaius Lucilius’s contemporaries were born

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The 46 best-known contemporaries

46 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Gaius Lucilius. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 139 BC.

  1. Cicero 106–43 BC
  2. Sima Qian c. 140 – BC
  3. Cato the Elder c. 234 – 149 BC
  4. Pompey 106–48 BC
  5. Terence c. 188 – 159 BC
  6. Spartacus 103–71 BC
  7. Polybius c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  8. Hipparchus c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  9. Sulla 138–BC
  10. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  11. Marcus Licinius Crassus 115–53 BC
  12. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  13. Ennius 239–169 BC
  14. Gaius Marius c. 158 – 86 BC
  15. Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
  16. Mithridates VI Eupator c. 133 – BC
  17. Posidonius 135–BC
  18. Antiochus IV Epiphanes c. 215 – 164 BC
  19. Apollodorus of Athens c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  20. Tiberius Gracchus 162–133 BC
  21. Catiline 108–62 BC
  22. Ptolemy XII Auletes 117–BC
  23. Scipio Aemilianus c. 185 – 129 BC
  24. Ptolemy VI Philometor c. 185 – 145 BC
  25. Mithridates I of Parthia 195–132 BC
  26. Ptolemy IX Soter 142–81 BC
  27. Jugurtha 160–104 BC
  28. Carneades 213–129 BC
  29. Cleopatra II c. 186 – 116 BC
  30. Ptolemy VIII Physcon 182–116 BC
  31. Cleopatra III c. 161 – 101 BC
  32. Masinissa 238 – c. 149 BC
  33. Gaius Gracchus c. 154 – 121 BC
  34. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus c. 228 – 160 BC
  35. Perseus of Macedon c. 212 – 166 BC
  36. Ptolemy X Alexander I c. 139 – BC
  37. Modu Chanyu 234–174 BC
  38. Lucullus c. 117 – c. 57 BC
  39. Eumenes II 221–159 BC
  40. Seleucus IV Philopator 217–175 BC
  41. Zhang Qian 200 – c. 114 BC
  42. Demetrius I Soter 187–150 BC
  43. Dionysius Thrax 170–BC
  44. Cleopatra IV c. 138 – 112 BC
  45. Lucius Cornelius Cinna 135–BC
  46. Alexander Jannaeus c. 127 – BC