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Jugurtha
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Jugurtha

King of Numidia

Born 160 BC · died 104 BC, aged 55 or 56
Also known as Iugurtha

Who was alive at the same time as Jugurtha?

  1. Cato the Elder, c. 234 – 149 BC
  2. Polybius, c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  3. Mithridates I of Parthia, 195–132 BC
  4. Hipparchus, c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  5. Terence, c. 188 – 159 BC
  6. Scipio Aemilianus, c. 185 – 129 BC
  7. Ptolemy VI Philometor, c. 185 – 145 BC
  8. Apollodorus of Athens, c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  9. Tiberius Gracchus, 162–133 BC
  10. Jugurtha, 160–104 BC
  11. Gaius Marius, c. 158 – 86 BC
  12. Emperor Wu of Han, 156–87 BC
  13. Sima Qian, c. 140 – BC
  14. Ptolemy IX Soter, 142–81 BC
  15. Tigranes the Great, 140–BC
  16. Sulla, 138–BC
  17. Posidonius, 135–BC
  18. Mithridates VI Eupator, c. 133 – BC
  19. Ptolemy XII Auletes, 117–BC
  20. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  21. Marcus Licinius Crassus, 115–53 BC
  22. Catiline, 108–62 BC
  23. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  24. Pompey, 106–48 BC

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When Jugurtha was born, Zhang Qian was 39 or 40, Demetrius I Soter was 26 or 27 and Dionysius Thrax was 9 or 10.

When Jugurtha died, Cicero was 1 or 2, Pompey was 1 or 2, Marcus Licinius Crassus was 10 or 11, Tigranes the Great was 35 or 36 and Emperor Wu of Han was 51 or 52.

Born during Jugurtha’s lifetime: Cicero, Sima Qian, Pompey, Sulla, Marcus Terentius Varro, Marcus Licinius Crassus, Tigranes the Great and Emperor Wu of Han.

Not quite contemporaries: Julius Caesar was born about 4 years after Jugurtha died, Lucretius was born about 9 years after Jugurtha died, Spartacus was born months after Jugurtha died and Diodorus Siculus was born about 11 years after Jugurtha died.

Where Jugurtha’s contemporaries were born

Jugurtha is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (27 of 39 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list

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The 38 best-known contemporaries

38 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Jugurtha. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 132 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. Polybius c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  7. Hipparchus c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  8. Sulla 138–BC
  9. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  10. Marcus Licinius Crassus 115–53 BC
  11. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  12. Gaius Marius c. 158 – 86 BC
  13. Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
  14. Mithridates VI Eupator c. 133 – BC
  15. Posidonius 135–BC
  16. Apollodorus of Athens c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  17. Tiberius Gracchus 162–133 BC
  18. Catiline 108–62 BC
  19. Ptolemy XII Auletes 117–BC
  20. Scipio Aemilianus c. 185 – 129 BC
  21. Ptolemy VI Philometor c. 185 – 145 BC
  22. Mithridates I of Parthia 195–132 BC
  23. Ptolemy IX Soter 142–81 BC
  24. Carneades 213–129 BC
  25. Cleopatra II c. 186 – 116 BC
  26. Ptolemy VIII Physcon 182–116 BC
  27. Masinissa 238 – c. 149 BC
  28. Cleopatra III c. 161 – 101 BC
  29. Gaius Gracchus c. 154 – 121 BC
  30. Ptolemy X Alexander I c. 139 – BC
  31. Lucullus c. 117 – c. 57 BC
  32. Eumenes II 221–159 BC
  33. Zhang Qian 200 – c. 114 BC
  34. Demetrius I Soter 187–150 BC
  35. Dionysius Thrax 170–BC
  36. Lucius Cornelius Cinna 135–BC
  37. Cleopatra IV c. 138 – 112 BC
  38. Alexander Jannaeus c. 127 – BC