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Marcus Licinius Crassus
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Marcus Licinius Crassus

Roman soldier

Born 115 BC · died 8–9 June 53 BC, aged 61 or 62
Also known as Crassus

Who was alive at the same time as Marcus Licinius Crassus?

  1. Gaius Marius, c. 158 – 86 BC
  2. Sima Qian, c. 140 – BC
  3. Tigranes the Great, 140–BC
  4. Sulla, 138–BC
  5. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  6. Marcus Licinius Crassus, 115–53 BC
  7. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  8. Pompey, 106–48 BC
  9. Spartacus, 103–71 BC
  10. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  11. Lucretius, BC–55 BC
  12. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  13. Marcus Junius Brutus, c. 85 – 42 BC
  14. Catullus, c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  15. Sallust, 86–35 BC
  16. Mark Antony, BC–BC
  17. Vitruvius, c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  18. Herod the Great, c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  19. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  20. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  21. Strabo, c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  22. Horace, 65–8 BC
  23. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  24. Livy, BC – AD 17

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When Marcus Licinius Crassus was born, Tigranes the Great was 24 or 25, Emperor Wu of Han was 40 or 41, Ptolemy XII Auletes was 1 or 2, Ptolemy IX Soter was 26 or 27 and Jugurtha was 44 or 45.

When Marcus Licinius Crassus died, Julius Caesar was 46, Virgil was 16, Augustus was 9, Cicero was 53 and Horace was 11.

Born during Marcus Licinius Crassus’s lifetime: Julius Caesar, Virgil, Augustus, Cicero, Cleopatra, Horace, Livy and Lucretius.

Not quite contemporaries: Ovid was born about 10 years after Marcus Licinius Crassus died, Tiberius was born about 11 years after Marcus Licinius Crassus died, Polybius died about 2 years before Marcus Licinius Crassus was born and Hipparchus died about 2 years before Marcus Licinius Crassus was born.

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The 50 best-known contemporaries

50 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Marcus Licinius Crassus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 84 BC.

  1. Julius Caesar 100–44 BC
  2. Virgil 70–19 BC
  3. Augustus 63 BC – AD 14
  4. Cicero 106–43 BC
  5. Cleopatra c. 69 – 30 BC
  6. Horace 65–8 BC
  7. Sima Qian c. 140 – BC
  8. Livy BC – AD 17
  9. Lucretius BC–55 BC
  10. Catullus c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  11. Strabo c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  12. Pompey 106–48 BC
  13. Mark Antony BC–BC
  14. Vitruvius c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  15. Spartacus 103–71 BC
  16. Diodorus Siculus c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  17. Sallust 86–35 BC
  18. Herod the Great c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  19. Sulla 138–BC
  20. Marcus Junius Brutus c. 85 – 42 BC
  21. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  22. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  23. Gaius Marius c. 158 – 86 BC
  24. Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
  25. Vercingetorix c. 80 – BC
  26. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa BC–BC
  27. Mithridates VI Eupator c. 133 – BC
  28. Dionysius of Halicarnassus c. 60 – BC
  29. Cato the Younger BC–BC
  30. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  31. Posidonius 135–BC
  32. Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator BC–47 BC
  33. Catiline 108–62 BC
  34. Livia BC – AD 29
  35. Ptolemy XII Auletes 117–BC
  36. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  37. Ptolemy IX Soter 142–81 BC
  38. Jugurtha 160–104 BC
  39. Gaius Cassius Longinus c. 82 – BC
  40. Cleopatra III c. 161 – 101 BC
  41. Ptolemy X Alexander I c. 139 – BC
  42. Gaius Julius Hyginus c. 64 BC – AD 17
  43. Lucullus c. 117 – c. 57 BC
  44. Dionysius Thrax 170–BC
  45. Lucius Cornelius Cinna 135–BC
  46. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  47. Nicolaus of Damascus BC – AD 4
  48. Dongmyeong of Goguryeo BC–BC
  49. Cleopatra IV c. 138 – 112 BC
  50. Alexander Jannaeus c. 127 – BC