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Nabonidus
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Nabonidus

King of Babylon

Born c. 615 BC · died 538 BC

Who was alive at the same time as Nabonidus?

  1. Nebuchadnezzar II, c. 642 – c. 561 BC
  2. Jehoiakim, 634–598 BC
  3. Solon, c. 630 – c. 560 BC
  4. Cleobulus, c. 630 – c. 560 BC
  5. Stesichorus, 630–555 BC
  6. Aesop, c. 620 – c. 564 BC
  7. Nabonidus, c. 615 – 538 BC
  8. Anaximander, c. 610 – c. 546 BC
  9. Cyrus the Great, c. 600 – 530 BC
  10. Bias of Priene, c. 600 – c. 530 BC
  11. Chilon of Sparta, c. 600 – c. 520 BC
  12. Cambyses I, c. 600 – 559 BC
  13. Sushruta, 600–500 BC
  14. Anaximenes of Miletus, c. 585 – c. 527 BC
  15. Anacreon, c. 570 – c. 485 BC
  16. Xenophanes, 570 – c. 478 BC
  17. Theognis of Megara, 570–485 BC
  18. Śāriputra, 568–484 BC
  19. Cambyses II, 559–522 BC
  20. Bimbisara, 558–491 BC
  21. Miltiades, c. 554 – 489 BC
  22. Simonides of Ceos, 556 – c. 468 BC
  23. Confucius, c. 551 – c. 479 BC
  24. Darius the Great, 550–486 BC

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When Nabonidus died, Darius the Great was 11 or 12, Theognis of Megara was 31 or 32, Bimbisara was 19 or 20, Polycrates was 35 or 36 and Atossa was 11 or 12.

Born during Nabonidus’s lifetime: Confucius, Cyrus the Great, Anaximander, Darius the Great, Xenophanes, Anaximenes of Miletus, Anacreon and Cambyses II.

Not quite contemporaries: Aeschylus was born about 12 years after Nabonidus died, Themistocles was born about 14 years after Nabonidus died, Pāṇini was born about 15 years after Nabonidus died and Ashurbanipal died about 13 years before Nabonidus was born.

Where Nabonidus’s contemporaries were born

Nabonidus is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (24 of 27 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list

Compare Nabonidus

The 26 best-known contemporaries

26 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Nabonidus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 575 BC.

  1. Confucius c. 551 – c. 479 BC
  2. Aesop c. 620 – c. 564 BC
  3. Cyrus the Great c. 600 – 530 BC
  4. Solon c. 630 – c. 560 BC
  5. Anaximander c. 610 – c. 546 BC
  6. Darius the Great 550–486 BC
  7. Xenophanes 570 – c. 478 BC
  8. Nebuchadnezzar II c. 642 – c. 561 BC
  9. Anaximenes of Miletus c. 585 – c. 527 BC
  10. Anacreon c. 570 – c. 485 BC
  11. Cambyses II 559–522 BC
  12. Simonides of Ceos 556 – c. 468 BC
  13. Theognis of Megara 570–485 BC
  14. Bias of Priene c. 600 – c. 530 BC
  15. Jehoiakim 634–598 BC
  16. Chilon of Sparta c. 600 – c. 520 BC
  17. Cambyses I c. 600 – 559 BC
  18. Sushruta 600–500 BC
  19. Miltiades c. 554 – 489 BC
  20. Cleobulus c. 630 – c. 560 BC
  21. Śāriputra 568–484 BC
  22. Bimbisara 558–491 BC
  23. Stesichorus 630–555 BC
  24. Polycrates 574–522 BC
  25. Pherecydes of Syros c. 580 – c. 499 BC
  26. Atossa 550–475 BC