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Lucius Cornelius Cinna
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Lucius Cornelius Cinna

Roman politician

Born 135 BC · died 84 BC

Who was alive at the same time as Lucius Cornelius Cinna?

  1. Polybius, c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  2. Hipparchus, c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  3. Apollodorus of Athens, c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  4. Tiberius Gracchus, 162–133 BC
  5. Gaius Marius, c. 158 – 86 BC
  6. Emperor Wu of Han, 156–87 BC
  7. Sima Qian, c. 140 – BC
  8. Tigranes the Great, 140–BC
  9. Sulla, 138–BC
  10. Lucius Cornelius Cinna, 135–BC
  11. Posidonius, 135–BC
  12. Mithridates VI Eupator, c. 133 – BC
  13. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  14. Marcus Licinius Crassus, 115–53 BC
  15. Catiline, 108–62 BC
  16. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  17. Pompey, 106–48 BC
  18. Spartacus, 103–71 BC
  19. Cornelius Nepos, c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  20. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  21. Cato the Younger, BC–BC
  22. Lucretius, BC–55 BC
  23. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  24. Sallust, 86–35 BC

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When Lucius Cornelius Cinna was born, Tigranes the Great was 4 or 5, Emperor Wu of Han was 20 or 21, Ptolemy IX Soter was 6 or 7, Jugurtha was 24 or 25 and Zhang Qian was 64 or 65.

When Lucius Cornelius Cinna died, Julius Caesar was 15 or 16, Cicero was 22 or 23, Pompey was 21 or 22, Sallust was 1 or 2 and Sulla was 53 or 54.

Born during Lucius Cornelius Cinna’s lifetime: Julius Caesar, Cicero, Lucretius, Pompey, Spartacus, Diodorus Siculus, Sallust and Marcus Terentius Varro.

Not quite contemporaries: Virgil was born about 14 years after Lucius Cornelius Cinna died, Cleopatra was born about 13 years after Lucius Cornelius Cinna died, Cato the Elder died about 13 years before Lucius Cornelius Cinna was born and Mark Antony was born about a year after Lucius Cornelius Cinna died.

Where Lucius Cornelius Cinna’s contemporaries were born

Lucius Cornelius Cinna is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (33 of 41 placed); tap one to open that person.
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The 40 best-known contemporaries

40 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Lucius Cornelius Cinna. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 109 BC.

  1. Julius Caesar 100–44 BC
  2. Cicero 106–43 BC
  3. Sima Qian c. 140 – BC
  4. Lucretius BC–55 BC
  5. Pompey 106–48 BC
  6. Spartacus 103–71 BC
  7. Polybius c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  8. Diodorus Siculus c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  9. Hipparchus c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  10. Sallust 86–35 BC
  11. Sulla 138–BC
  12. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  13. Marcus Licinius Crassus 115–53 BC
  14. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  15. Gaius Marius c. 158 – 86 BC
  16. Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
  17. Mithridates VI Eupator c. 133 – BC
  18. Cato the Younger BC–BC
  19. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  20. Posidonius 135–BC
  21. Apollodorus of Athens c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  22. Tiberius Gracchus 162–133 BC
  23. Catiline 108–62 BC
  24. Ptolemy XII Auletes 117–BC
  25. Scipio Aemilianus c. 185 – 129 BC
  26. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  27. Mithridates I of Parthia 195–132 BC
  28. Ptolemy IX Soter 142–81 BC
  29. Jugurtha 160–104 BC
  30. Carneades 213–129 BC
  31. Cleopatra II c. 186 – 116 BC
  32. Ptolemy VIII Physcon 182–116 BC
  33. Cleopatra III c. 161 – 101 BC
  34. Gaius Gracchus c. 154 – 121 BC
  35. Ptolemy X Alexander I c. 139 – BC
  36. Lucullus c. 117 – c. 57 BC
  37. Zhang Qian 200 – c. 114 BC
  38. Dionysius Thrax 170–BC
  39. Cleopatra IV c. 138 – 112 BC
  40. Alexander Jannaeus c. 127 – BC