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Marcus Terentius Varro
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Marcus Terentius Varro

Roman scholar and writer

Born 116 BC · died 27 BC, aged 88 or 89
Also known as Varro Reatinus, Marcus Terentius Varro Reatinus, Varro

Who was alive at the same time as Marcus Terentius Varro?

  1. Sima Qian, c. 140 – BC
  2. Sulla, 138–BC
  3. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  4. Marcus Licinius Crassus, 115–53 BC
  5. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  6. Pompey, 106–48 BC
  7. Spartacus, 103–71 BC
  8. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  9. Lucretius, BC–55 BC
  10. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  11. Marcus Junius Brutus, c. 85 – 42 BC
  12. Catullus, c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  13. Sallust, 86–35 BC
  14. Mark Antony, BC–BC
  15. Vitruvius, c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  16. Herod the Great, c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  17. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  18. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  19. Strabo, c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  20. Horace, 65–8 BC
  21. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  22. Livy, BC – AD 17
  23. Ovid, 43 BC – AD 17
  24. Tiberius, 42 BC – AD 37

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When Marcus Terentius Varro was born, Sulla was 21 or 22, Emperor Wu of Han was 39 or 40, Posidonius was 18 or 19 and Ptolemy IX Soter was 25 or 26.

When Marcus Terentius Varro died, Virgil was 42 or 43, Augustus was 35 or 36, Ovid was 15 or 16, Horace was 37 or 38 and Tiberius was 14 or 15.

Born during Marcus Terentius Varro’s lifetime: Julius Caesar, Virgil, Augustus, Cicero, Ovid, Cleopatra, Horace and Livy.

Not quite contemporaries: Polybius died about 2 years before Marcus Terentius Varro was born, Hipparchus died about 2 years before Marcus Terentius Varro was born, Arminius was born about 7 years after Marcus Terentius Varro died and Philo was born about 9 years after Marcus Terentius Varro died.

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The 61 best-known contemporaries

61 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Marcus Terentius Varro. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 71 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. Cleopatra c. 69 – 30 BC
  7. Horace 65–8 BC
  8. Sima Qian c. 140 – BC
  9. Livy BC – AD 17
  10. Lucretius BC–55 BC
  11. Catullus c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  12. Tiberius 42 BC – AD 37
  13. Strabo c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  14. Pompey 106–48 BC
  15. Mark Antony BC–BC
  16. Vitruvius c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  17. Spartacus 103–71 BC
  18. Diodorus Siculus c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  19. Sallust 86–35 BC
  20. Herod the Great c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  21. Sulla 138–BC
  22. Marcus Junius Brutus c. 85 – 42 BC
  23. Marcus Licinius Crassus 115–53 BC
  24. Saint Anne c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  25. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  26. Propertius c. 47 – BC
  27. Gaius Marius c. 158 – 86 BC
  28. Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
  29. Vercingetorix c. 80 – BC
  30. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa BC–BC
  31. Mithridates VI Eupator c. 133 – BC
  32. Dionysius of Halicarnassus c. 60 – BC
  33. Cato the Younger BC–BC
  34. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  35. Caesarion 47–30 BC
  36. Posidonius 135–BC
  37. Seneca the Elder c. 54 BC – c. AD 39
  38. Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator BC–47 BC
  39. Catiline 108–62 BC
  40. Livia BC – AD 29
  41. Ptolemy XII Auletes 117–BC
  42. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  43. Wang Mang c. 45 BC – AD 23
  44. Nero Claudius Drusus 38–9 BC
  45. Ptolemy IX Soter 142–81 BC
  46. Jugurtha 160–104 BC
  47. Gaius Cassius Longinus c. 82 – BC
  48. Cleopatra III c. 161 – 101 BC
  49. Ptolemy X Alexander I c. 139 – BC
  50. Juba II BC – AD 23
  51. Cleopatra Selene II 40–BC
  52. Gaius Julius Hyginus c. 64 BC – AD 17
  53. Lucullus c. 117 – c. 57 BC
  54. Dionysius Thrax 170–BC
  55. Lucius Cornelius Cinna 135–BC
  56. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  57. Nicolaus of Damascus BC – AD 4
  58. Dongmyeong of Goguryeo BC–BC
  59. Cleopatra IV c. 138 – 112 BC
  60. Alexander Jannaeus c. 127 – BC
  61. Julia the Elder 39 BC – AD 14