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Livia
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Livia

Roman politician

Born 59–58 BC · died 28 September AD 29, aged 86 or 87
Also known as Livia Drusilla, Iulia Augusta, Julia Augusta

Who was alive at the same time as Livia?

  1. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  2. Pompey, 106–48 BC
  3. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  4. Lucretius, BC–55 BC
  5. Catullus, c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  6. Mark Antony, BC–BC
  7. Vitruvius, c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  8. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  9. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  10. Strabo, c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  11. Horace, 65–8 BC
  12. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  13. Livy, BC – AD 17
  14. Livia, BC – AD 29
  15. Ovid, 43 BC – AD 17
  16. Tiberius, 42 BC – AD 37
  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. Vespasian, AD 9 – AD 79
  22. Mark the Evangelist, c. AD 15 – AD 68
  23. Pope Linus, AD 10 – AD 79
  24. Caligula, AD 12 – AD 41

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When Livia was born, Virgil was 10 or 11, Cicero was 47 or 48, Horace was 5 or 6 and Sallust was 26 or 27.

When Livia died, Saint Peter was 28 or 29, Caligula was 17, Tiberius was 69, Vespasian was 19 and Claudius was 38.

Born during Livia’s lifetime: Ovid, Paul the Apostle, Saint Peter, Caligula, Tiberius, Vespasian, Claudius and Pope Linus.

Not quite contemporaries: Plutarch was born about 10 years after Livia died, Nero was born about 8 years after Livia died, Titus was born about 10 years after Livia died and Josephus was born about 7 years after Livia died.

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Where Livia’s contemporaries were born

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The 77 best-known contemporaries

77 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Livia. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 15 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. Paul the Apostle c. AD 5 – c. AD 66
  7. Cleopatra c. 69 – 30 BC
  8. Horace 65–8 BC
  9. Saint Peter BC – c. AD 66
  10. Caligula AD 12 – AD 41
  11. Livy BC – AD 17
  12. Lucretius BC–55 BC
  13. Catullus c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  14. Tiberius 42 BC – AD 37
  15. Strabo c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  16. Vespasian AD 9 – AD 79
  17. Claudius 10 BC – AD 54
  18. Pompey 106–48 BC
  19. Mark Antony BC–BC
  20. Pope Linus AD 10 – AD 79
  21. Mark the Evangelist c. AD 15 – AD 68
  22. Vitruvius c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  23. Galba 3 BC – AD 69
  24. Pope Anacletus c. AD 25 – 90s
  25. Diodorus Siculus c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  26. Vitellius AD 15 – AD 69
  27. Sallust 86–35 BC
  28. Herod the Great c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  29. Hero of Alexandria c. AD 10 – c. AD 75
  30. Arminius c. 17 BC – c. AD 21
  31. Marcus Junius Brutus c. 85 – 42 BC
  32. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  33. Marcus Licinius Crassus 115–53 BC
  34. Saint Anne c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  35. Philo c. 15 BC – c. AD 50
  36. Saint Stephen c. AD 1 – c. AD 36
  37. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  38. Propertius c. 47 – BC
  39. Vercingetorix c. 80 – BC
  40. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa BC–BC
  41. Dionysius of Halicarnassus c. 60 – BC
  42. Cato the Younger BC–BC
  43. John the Evangelist AD 10 – AD 98
  44. Germanicus 15 BC – AD 19
  45. Agrippina the Younger AD 15 – AD 59
  46. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  47. Caesarion 47–30 BC
  48. Posidonius 135–BC
  49. Seneca the Elder c. 54 BC – c. AD 39
  50. Saint Timothy AD 17 – AD 97
  51. Messalina AD 20 – AD 48
  52. Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator BC–47 BC
  53. Velleius Paterculus c. 19 BC – c. AD 31
  54. Apollonius of Tyana c. AD 15 – c. AD 100
  55. Ptolemy XII Auletes 117–BC
  56. Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella AD 4 – AD 70
  57. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  58. Wang Mang c. 45 BC – AD 23
  59. Nero Claudius Drusus 38–9 BC
  60. Gaius Cassius Longinus c. 82 – BC
  61. Silius Italicus AD 26 – AD 101
  62. Herod Agrippa BC – AD 44
  63. Juba II BC – AD 23
  64. Cleopatra Selene II 40–BC
  65. Gaius Julius Hyginus c. 64 BC – AD 17
  66. Agrippina the Elder BC – AD 33
  67. Saint Titus 10s – 100s
  68. Wang Chong AD 27 – AD 97
  69. Herod Archelaus BC – c. AD 17
  70. Gaius Caesar BC – AD 4
  71. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  72. Nicolaus of Damascus BC – AD 4
  73. Dongmyeong of Goguryeo BC–BC
  74. Sejanus 20 BC – AD 31
  75. Julia the Elder 39 BC – AD 14
  76. Vologases I of Parthia AD 25 – c. AD 80
  77. Herod Agrippa II c. AD 27 – c. AD 100