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Nero Claudius Drusus
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Nero Claudius Drusus

Roman soldier

Born 14 January 38 BC · died 14 September 9 BC, aged 29
Also known as Decimus Claudius Drusus, Drusus the Elder, Drusus Claudius Nero

Who was alive at the same time as Nero Claudius Drusus?

  1. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  2. Cornelius Nepos, c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  3. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  4. Sallust, 86–35 BC
  5. Mark Antony, BC–BC
  6. Vitruvius, c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  7. Herod the Great, c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  8. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  9. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  10. Strabo, c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  11. Horace, 65–8 BC
  12. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, BC–BC
  13. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  14. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, c. 60 – BC
  15. Livy, BC – AD 17
  16. Saint Anne, c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  17. Propertius, c. 47 – BC
  18. Ovid, 43 BC – AD 17
  19. Tiberius, 42 BC – AD 37
  20. Nero Claudius Drusus, 38–9 BC
  21. Arminius, c. 17 BC – c. AD 21
  22. Philo, c. 15 BC – c. AD 50
  23. Germanicus, 15 BC – AD 19
  24. Claudius, 10 BC – AD 54

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When Nero Claudius Drusus was born, Virgil was 31, Augustus was 24, Ovid was 4, Horace was 26 and Livy was 20 or 21.

When Nero Claudius Drusus died, Augustus was 53, Ovid was 34, Horace was 55, Livy was 49 or 50 and Tiberius was 32.

Born during Nero Claudius Drusus’s lifetime: Claudius, Arminius, Philo, Germanicus, Velleius Paterculus, Herod Agrippa, Agrippina the Elder and Herod Archelaus.

Not quite contemporaries: Julius Caesar died about 6 years before Nero Claudius Drusus was born, Cicero died about 5 years before Nero Claudius Drusus was born, Paul the Apostle was born about 10 years after Nero Claudius Drusus died and Saint Peter was born about 7 years after Nero Claudius Drusus died.

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Nero Claudius Drusus is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (38 of 42 placed); tap one to open that person.
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The 41 best-known contemporaries

41 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Nero Claudius Drusus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 23 BC.

  1. Virgil 70–19 BC
  2. Augustus 63 BC – AD 14
  3. Ovid 43 BC – AD 17
  4. Cleopatra c. 69 – 30 BC
  5. Horace 65–8 BC
  6. Livy BC – AD 17
  7. Tiberius 42 BC – AD 37
  8. Strabo c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  9. Claudius 10 BC – AD 54
  10. Mark Antony BC–BC
  11. Vitruvius c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  12. Diodorus Siculus c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  13. Sallust 86–35 BC
  14. Herod the Great c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  15. Arminius c. 17 BC – c. AD 21
  16. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  17. Saint Anne c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  18. Philo c. 15 BC – c. AD 50
  19. Propertius c. 47 – BC
  20. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa BC–BC
  21. Dionysius of Halicarnassus c. 60 – BC
  22. Germanicus 15 BC – AD 19
  23. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  24. Caesarion 47–30 BC
  25. Seneca the Elder c. 54 BC – c. AD 39
  26. Livia BC – AD 29
  27. Velleius Paterculus c. 19 BC – c. AD 31
  28. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  29. Wang Mang c. 45 BC – AD 23
  30. Herod Agrippa BC – AD 44
  31. Juba II BC – AD 23
  32. Cleopatra Selene II 40–BC
  33. Gaius Julius Hyginus c. 64 BC – AD 17
  34. Agrippina the Elder BC – AD 33
  35. Herod Archelaus BC – c. AD 17
  36. Gaius Caesar BC – AD 4
  37. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  38. Nicolaus of Damascus BC – AD 4
  39. Dongmyeong of Goguryeo BC–BC
  40. Sejanus 20 BC – AD 31
  41. Julia the Elder 39 BC – AD 14