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Messalina
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Messalina

Roman politician

Born AD 20 · died AD 48, aged 27 or 28
Also known as Valeria Messallina, Lycisca

Who was alive at the same time as Messalina?

  1. Strabo, c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  2. Tiberius, 42 BC – AD 37
  3. Claudius, 10 BC – AD 54
  4. Galba, 3 BC – AD 69
  5. Saint Peter, BC – c. AD 66
  6. Paul the Apostle, c. AD 5 – c. AD 66
  7. Vespasian, AD 9 – AD 79
  8. Mark the Evangelist, c. AD 15 – AD 68
  9. Pope Linus, AD 10 – AD 79
  10. Caligula, AD 12 – AD 41
  11. Vitellius, AD 15 – AD 69
  12. Messalina, AD 20 – AD 48
  13. Pliny the Elder, 20s – AD 79
  14. Pope Anacletus, c. AD 25 – 90s
  15. Petronius, c. AD 27 – AD 66
  16. Nerva, AD 30 – AD 98
  17. Otho, AD 32 – AD 69
  18. Quintilian, c. AD 35 – c. AD 96
  19. Josephus, AD 37 – c. AD 100
  20. Nero, AD 37 – AD 68
  21. Martial, c. AD 40 – AD 104
  22. Lucan, AD 39 – AD 65
  23. Titus, AD 39 – AD 81
  24. Pope Sixtus I, c. AD 42 – 120s

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When Messalina was born, Saint Peter was 19 or 20, Caligula was 7 or 8, Tiberius was 60 or 61, Vespasian was 10 or 11 and Claudius was 28 or 29.

When Messalina died, Saint Peter was 47 or 48, Nero was 10 or 11, Vespasian was 38 or 39, Claudius was 56 or 57 and Titus was 8 or 9.

Born during Messalina’s lifetime: Nero, Titus, Josephus, Pope Anacletus, Martial, Otho, Petronius and Pope Sixtus I.

Not quite contemporaries: Augustus died about 5 years before Messalina was born, Ovid died about 2 years before Messalina was born, Tacitus was born about 4 years after Messalina died and Livy died about 2 years before Messalina was born.

Where Messalina’s contemporaries were born

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Birthplaces as a list

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The 55 best-known contemporaries

55 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Messalina. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 34.

  1. Paul the Apostle c. AD 5 – c. AD 66
  2. Saint Peter BC – c. AD 66
  3. Nero AD 37 – AD 68
  4. Caligula AD 12 – AD 41
  5. Pliny the Elder 20s – AD 79
  6. Tiberius 42 BC – AD 37
  7. Strabo c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  8. Vespasian AD 9 – AD 79
  9. Claudius 10 BC – AD 54
  10. Titus AD 39 – AD 81
  11. Pope Linus AD 10 – AD 79
  12. Mark the Evangelist c. AD 15 – AD 68
  13. Josephus AD 37 – c. AD 100
  14. Galba 3 BC – AD 69
  15. Pope Anacletus c. AD 25 – 90s
  16. Martial c. AD 40 – AD 104
  17. Otho AD 32 – AD 69
  18. Petronius c. AD 27 – AD 66
  19. Pope Sixtus I c. AD 42 – 120s
  20. Vitellius AD 15 – AD 69
  21. Nerva AD 30 – AD 98
  22. Lucan AD 39 – AD 65
  23. Quintilian c. AD 35 – c. AD 96
  24. Hero of Alexandria c. AD 10 – c. AD 75
  25. Boudica c. AD 30 – c. AD 61
  26. Ignatius of Antioch c. AD 35 – c. AD 108
  27. Philo c. 15 BC – c. AD 50
  28. Saint Stephen c. AD 1 – c. AD 36
  29. Statius AD 45 – AD 96
  30. John the Evangelist AD 10 – AD 98
  31. Agrippina the Younger AD 15 – AD 59
  32. Seneca the Elder c. 54 BC – c. AD 39
  33. Saint Timothy AD 17 – AD 97
  34. Dioscorides c. AD 32 – c. AD 90
  35. Livia BC – AD 29
  36. Velleius Paterculus c. 19 BC – c. AD 31
  37. Apollonius of Tyana c. AD 15 – c. AD 100
  38. Persius AD 34 – AD 62
  39. Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella AD 4 – AD 70
  40. Wang Mang c. 45 BC – AD 23
  41. Silius Italicus AD 26 – AD 101
  42. Herod Agrippa BC – AD 44
  43. Ban Zhao AD 45 – AD 116
  44. Juba II BC – AD 23
  45. Gnaeus Julius Agricola AD 40 – AD 93
  46. Agrippina the Elder BC – AD 33
  47. Frontinus c. AD 30 – AD 103
  48. Saint Titus 10s – 100s
  49. Wang Chong AD 27 – AD 97
  50. Dio Chrysostom c. AD 40 – c. AD 120
  51. Sejanus 20 BC – AD 31
  52. Poppaea Sabina AD 30 – AD 65
  53. Vologases I of Parthia AD 25 – c. AD 80
  54. Herod Agrippa II c. AD 27 – c. AD 100
  55. Claudia Octavia c. AD 40 – AD 62