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Mithridates VI Eupator
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Mithridates VI Eupator

Military leader

Born 134–131 BC · died 63 BC
Also known as Mithridates VI of Pontus, Mithradates, Mithradates VI Eupator

Who was alive at the same time as Mithridates VI Eupator?

  1. Hipparchus, c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  2. Gaius Marius, c. 158 – 86 BC
  3. Emperor Wu of Han, 156–87 BC
  4. Sima Qian, c. 140 – BC
  5. Tigranes the Great, 140–BC
  6. Sulla, 138–BC
  7. Mithridates VI Eupator, c. 133 – BC
  8. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  9. Marcus Licinius Crassus, 115–53 BC
  10. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  11. Pompey, 106–48 BC
  12. Spartacus, 103–71 BC
  13. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  14. Lucretius, BC–55 BC
  15. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  16. Marcus Junius Brutus, c. 85 – 42 BC
  17. Catullus, c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  18. Sallust, 86–35 BC
  19. Mark Antony, BC–BC
  20. Vitruvius, c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  21. Herod the Great, c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  22. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  23. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  24. Horace, 65–8 BC

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When Mithridates VI Eupator died, Julius Caesar was 36 or 37, Virgil was 6 or 7, Cicero was 42 or 43, Horace was 1 or 2 and Lucretius was 30 or 31.

Born during Mithridates VI Eupator’s lifetime: Julius Caesar, Virgil, Cicero, Cleopatra, Horace, Lucretius, Catullus and Pompey.

Not quite contemporaries: Livy was born about 3 years after Mithridates VI Eupator died, Cato the Elder died about 14 years before Mithridates VI Eupator was born, Saint Anne was born about 5 years after Mithridates VI Eupator died and Propertius was born about 14 years after Mithridates VI Eupator died.

Where Mithridates VI Eupator’s contemporaries were born

Mithridates VI Eupator is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (40 of 49 placed); tap one to open that person.
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The 48 best-known contemporaries

48 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Mithridates VI Eupator. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 98 BC.

  1. Julius Caesar 100–44 BC
  2. Virgil 70–19 BC
  3. Cicero 106–43 BC
  4. Cleopatra c. 69 – 30 BC
  5. Horace 65–8 BC
  6. Sima Qian c. 140 – BC
  7. Lucretius BC–55 BC
  8. Catullus c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  9. Pompey 106–48 BC
  10. Mark Antony BC–BC
  11. Vitruvius c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  12. Spartacus 103–71 BC
  13. Diodorus Siculus c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  14. Hipparchus c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  15. Sallust 86–35 BC
  16. Herod the Great c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  17. Sulla 138–BC
  18. Marcus Junius Brutus c. 85 – 42 BC
  19. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  20. Marcus Licinius Crassus 115–53 BC
  21. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  22. Gaius Marius c. 158 – 86 BC
  23. Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
  24. Vercingetorix c. 80 – BC
  25. Cato the Younger BC–BC
  26. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  27. Posidonius 135–BC
  28. Apollodorus of Athens c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  29. Catiline 108–62 BC
  30. Ptolemy XII Auletes 117–BC
  31. Scipio Aemilianus c. 185 – 129 BC
  32. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  33. Ptolemy IX Soter 142–81 BC
  34. Jugurtha 160–104 BC
  35. Gaius Cassius Longinus c. 82 – BC
  36. Carneades 213–129 BC
  37. Cleopatra II c. 186 – 116 BC
  38. Ptolemy VIII Physcon 182–116 BC
  39. Cleopatra III c. 161 – 101 BC
  40. Gaius Gracchus c. 154 – 121 BC
  41. Ptolemy X Alexander I c. 139 – BC
  42. Lucullus c. 117 – c. 57 BC
  43. Zhang Qian 200 – c. 114 BC
  44. Dionysius Thrax 170–BC
  45. Lucius Cornelius Cinna 135–BC
  46. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  47. Cleopatra IV c. 138 – 112 BC
  48. Alexander Jannaeus c. 127 – BC