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Germanicus
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Germanicus

Roman writer

Born 24 May 15 BC · died 10 October AD 19, aged 33
Also known as Germanicus Julius Caesar, Nero Claudius Drusus, Germanicus Caesar

Who was alive at the same time as Germanicus?

  1. Herod the Great, c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  2. Strabo, c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  3. Horace, 65–8 BC
  4. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, BC–BC
  5. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  6. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, c. 60 – BC
  7. Livy, BC – AD 17
  8. Saint Anne, c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  9. Ovid, 43 BC – AD 17
  10. Tiberius, 42 BC – AD 37
  11. Arminius, c. 17 BC – c. AD 21
  12. Philo, c. 15 BC – c. AD 50
  13. Germanicus, 15 BC – AD 19
  14. Claudius, 10 BC – AD 54
  15. Galba, 3 BC – AD 69
  16. Saint Stephen, c. AD 1 – c. AD 36
  17. Saint Peter, BC – c. AD 66
  18. Paul the Apostle, c. AD 5 – c. AD 66
  19. Hero of Alexandria, c. AD 10 – c. AD 75
  20. Vespasian, AD 9 – AD 79
  21. Pope Linus, AD 10 – AD 79
  22. John the Evangelist, AD 10 – AD 98
  23. Caligula, AD 12 – AD 41
  24. Vitellius, AD 15 – AD 69

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When Germanicus was born, Augustus was 47, Ovid was 28, Horace was 49, Livy was 43 or 44 and Tiberius was 26.

When Germanicus died, Saint Peter was 18 or 19, Caligula was 7, Tiberius was 59, Vespasian was 9 and Claudius was 28.

Born during Germanicus’s lifetime: Paul the Apostle, Saint Peter, Caligula, Vespasian, Claudius, Pope Linus, Galba and Vitellius.

Not quite contemporaries: Virgil died about 4 years before Germanicus was born, Cleopatra died about 15 years before Germanicus was born, Pliny the Elder was born months after Germanicus died and Mark Antony died about 15 years before Germanicus was born.

Where Germanicus’s contemporaries were born

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The 44 best-known contemporaries

44 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Germanicus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 3.

  1. Augustus 63 BC – AD 14
  2. Ovid 43 BC – AD 17
  3. Paul the Apostle c. AD 5 – c. AD 66
  4. Horace 65–8 BC
  5. Saint Peter BC – c. AD 66
  6. Caligula AD 12 – AD 41
  7. Livy BC – AD 17
  8. Tiberius 42 BC – AD 37
  9. Strabo c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  10. Vespasian AD 9 – AD 79
  11. Claudius 10 BC – AD 54
  12. Pope Linus AD 10 – AD 79
  13. Galba 3 BC – AD 69
  14. Vitellius AD 15 – AD 69
  15. Herod the Great c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  16. Hero of Alexandria c. AD 10 – c. AD 75
  17. Arminius c. 17 BC – c. AD 21
  18. Saint Anne c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  19. Philo c. 15 BC – c. AD 50
  20. Saint Stephen c. AD 1 – c. AD 36
  21. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa BC–BC
  22. Dionysius of Halicarnassus c. 60 – BC
  23. John the Evangelist AD 10 – AD 98
  24. Agrippina the Younger AD 15 – AD 59
  25. Seneca the Elder c. 54 BC – c. AD 39
  26. Saint Timothy AD 17 – AD 97
  27. Livia BC – AD 29
  28. Velleius Paterculus c. 19 BC – c. AD 31
  29. Apollonius of Tyana c. AD 15 – c. AD 100
  30. Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella AD 4 – AD 70
  31. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  32. Wang Mang c. 45 BC – AD 23
  33. Nero Claudius Drusus 38–9 BC
  34. Herod Agrippa BC – AD 44
  35. Juba II BC – AD 23
  36. Cleopatra Selene II 40–BC
  37. Gaius Julius Hyginus c. 64 BC – AD 17
  38. Agrippina the Elder BC – AD 33
  39. Herod Archelaus BC – c. AD 17
  40. Gaius Caesar BC – AD 4
  41. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  42. Nicolaus of Damascus BC – AD 4
  43. Sejanus 20 BC – AD 31
  44. Julia the Elder 39 BC – AD 14