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Herod the Great
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Herod the Great

King of Judea

Born c. 74 BC · died c. 4 BC
Also known as Herod I

Who was alive at the same time as Herod the Great?

  1. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  2. Marcus Licinius Crassus, 115–53 BC
  3. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  4. Pompey, 106–48 BC
  5. Spartacus, 103–71 BC
  6. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  7. Lucretius, BC–55 BC
  8. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  9. Marcus Junius Brutus, c. 85 – 42 BC
  10. Catullus, c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  11. Sallust, 86–35 BC
  12. Mark Antony, BC–BC
  13. Vitruvius, c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  14. Herod the Great, c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  15. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  16. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  17. Strabo, c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  18. Horace, 65–8 BC
  19. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  20. Livy, BC – AD 17
  21. Ovid, 43 BC – AD 17
  22. Tiberius, 42 BC – AD 37
  23. Arminius, c. 17 BC – c. AD 21
  24. Claudius, 10 BC – AD 54

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Born during Herod the Great’s lifetime: Virgil, Augustus, Ovid, Cleopatra, Horace, Livy, Tiberius and Strabo.

Not quite contemporaries: Paul the Apostle was born about 3 years after Herod the Great died, Sima Qian died about 9 years before Herod the Great was born, Caligula was born about 13 years after Herod the Great died and Vespasian was born about 10 years after Herod the Great died.

What happened in Herod the Great’s lifetime

Where Herod the Great’s contemporaries were born

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The 59 best-known contemporaries

59 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Herod the Great. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 39 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. Cleopatra c. 69 – 30 BC
  7. Horace 65–8 BC
  8. Livy BC – AD 17
  9. Lucretius BC–55 BC
  10. Catullus c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  11. Tiberius 42 BC – AD 37
  12. Strabo c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  13. Claudius 10 BC – AD 54
  14. Pompey 106–48 BC
  15. Mark Antony BC–BC
  16. Vitruvius c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  17. Spartacus 103–71 BC
  18. Diodorus Siculus c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  19. Sallust 86–35 BC
  20. Arminius c. 17 BC – c. AD 21
  21. Marcus Junius Brutus c. 85 – 42 BC
  22. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  23. Marcus Licinius Crassus 115–53 BC
  24. Saint Anne c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  25. Philo c. 15 BC – c. AD 50
  26. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  27. Propertius c. 47 – BC
  28. Vercingetorix c. 80 – BC
  29. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa BC–BC
  30. Mithridates VI Eupator c. 133 – BC
  31. Dionysius of Halicarnassus c. 60 – BC
  32. Cato the Younger BC–BC
  33. Germanicus 15 BC – AD 19
  34. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  35. Caesarion 47–30 BC
  36. Posidonius 135–BC
  37. Seneca the Elder c. 54 BC – c. AD 39
  38. Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator BC–47 BC
  39. Catiline 108–62 BC
  40. Livia BC – AD 29
  41. Velleius Paterculus c. 19 BC – c. AD 31
  42. Ptolemy XII Auletes 117–BC
  43. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  44. Wang Mang c. 45 BC – AD 23
  45. Nero Claudius Drusus 38–9 BC
  46. Gaius Cassius Longinus c. 82 – BC
  47. Herod Agrippa BC – AD 44
  48. Juba II BC – AD 23
  49. Cleopatra Selene II 40–BC
  50. Gaius Julius Hyginus c. 64 BC – AD 17
  51. Agrippina the Elder BC – AD 33
  52. Lucullus c. 117 – c. 57 BC
  53. Herod Archelaus BC – c. AD 17
  54. Gaius Caesar BC – AD 4
  55. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  56. Nicolaus of Damascus BC – AD 4
  57. Dongmyeong of Goguryeo BC–BC
  58. Sejanus 20 BC – AD 31
  59. Julia the Elder 39 BC – AD 14