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Julia the Elder
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Julia the Elder

Roman aristocrat

Born 30 October 39 BC · died AD 14, aged 51 or 52
Also known as Julia Augusti filia, Julia Caesaris filia, Julia C. Caesaris f.

Who was alive at the same time as Julia the Elder?

  1. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  2. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  3. Sallust, 86–35 BC
  4. Mark Antony, BC–BC
  5. Vitruvius, c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  6. Herod the Great, c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  7. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  8. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  9. Strabo, c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  10. Horace, 65–8 BC
  11. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  12. Livy, BC – AD 17
  13. Ovid, 43 BC – AD 17
  14. Tiberius, 42 BC – AD 37
  15. Julia the Elder, 39 BC – AD 14
  16. Arminius, c. 17 BC – c. AD 21
  17. Claudius, 10 BC – AD 54
  18. Galba, 3 BC – AD 69
  19. Saint Peter, BC – c. AD 66
  20. Paul the Apostle, c. AD 5 – c. AD 66
  21. Hero of Alexandria, c. AD 10 – c. AD 75
  22. Vespasian, AD 9 – AD 79
  23. Pope Linus, AD 10 – AD 79
  24. Caligula, AD 12 – AD 41

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When Julia the Elder was born, Virgil was 31, Augustus was 24, Ovid was 4, Horace was 25 and Livy was 19 or 20.

When Julia the Elder died, Ovid was 55 or 56, Caligula was 1 or 2, Tiberius was 54 or 55, Vespasian was 4 or 5 and Claudius was 22 or 23.

Born during Julia the Elder’s lifetime: Paul the Apostle, Saint Peter, Caligula, Vespasian, Claudius, Pope Linus, Galba and Hero of Alexandria.

Not quite contemporaries: Julius Caesar died about 5 years before Julia the Elder was born, Cicero died about 4 years before Julia the Elder was born, Pliny the Elder was born about 5 years after Julia the Elder died and Catullus died about 13 years before Julia the Elder was born.

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Where Julia the Elder’s contemporaries were born

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The 51 best-known contemporaries

51 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Julia the Elder. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 13 BC.

  1. Virgil 70–19 BC
  2. Augustus 63 BC – AD 14
  3. Ovid 43 BC – AD 17
  4. Paul the Apostle c. AD 5 – c. AD 66
  5. Cleopatra c. 69 – 30 BC
  6. Horace 65–8 BC
  7. Saint Peter BC – c. AD 66
  8. Caligula AD 12 – AD 41
  9. Livy BC – AD 17
  10. Tiberius 42 BC – AD 37
  11. Strabo c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  12. Vespasian AD 9 – AD 79
  13. Claudius 10 BC – AD 54
  14. Mark Antony BC–BC
  15. Pope Linus AD 10 – AD 79
  16. Vitruvius c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  17. Galba 3 BC – AD 69
  18. Diodorus Siculus c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  19. Sallust 86–35 BC
  20. Herod the Great c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  21. Hero of Alexandria c. AD 10 – c. AD 75
  22. Arminius c. 17 BC – c. AD 21
  23. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  24. Saint Anne c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  25. Philo c. 15 BC – c. AD 50
  26. Saint Stephen c. AD 1 – c. AD 36
  27. Propertius c. 47 – BC
  28. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa BC–BC
  29. Dionysius of Halicarnassus c. 60 – BC
  30. John the Evangelist AD 10 – AD 98
  31. Germanicus 15 BC – AD 19
  32. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  33. Caesarion 47–30 BC
  34. Seneca the Elder c. 54 BC – c. AD 39
  35. Livia BC – AD 29
  36. Velleius Paterculus c. 19 BC – c. AD 31
  37. Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella AD 4 – AD 70
  38. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  39. Wang Mang c. 45 BC – AD 23
  40. Nero Claudius Drusus 38–9 BC
  41. Herod Agrippa BC – AD 44
  42. Juba II BC – AD 23
  43. Cleopatra Selene II 40–BC
  44. Gaius Julius Hyginus c. 64 BC – AD 17
  45. Agrippina the Elder BC – AD 33
  46. Herod Archelaus BC – c. AD 17
  47. Gaius Caesar BC – AD 4
  48. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  49. Nicolaus of Damascus BC – AD 4
  50. Dongmyeong of Goguryeo BC–BC
  51. Sejanus 20 BC – AD 31