Who Was Alive

Nicolaus of Damascus

Historian and philosopher

Born 64 BC · died AD 4
Also known as Nicolaus Damascenus, Nicolas the Peripatetic

Who was alive at the same time as Nicolaus of Damascus?

  1. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  2. Pompey, 106–48 BC
  3. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  4. Lucretius, BC–55 BC
  5. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  6. Marcus Junius Brutus, c. 85 – 42 BC
  7. Catullus, c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  8. Sallust, 86–35 BC
  9. Mark Antony, BC–BC
  10. Vitruvius, c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  11. Herod the Great, c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  12. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  13. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  14. Strabo, c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  15. Horace, 65–8 BC
  16. Nicolaus of Damascus, BC – AD 4
  17. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  18. Livy, BC – AD 17
  19. Ovid, 43 BC – AD 17
  20. Tiberius, 42 BC – AD 37
  21. Arminius, c. 17 BC – c. AD 21
  22. Claudius, 10 BC – AD 54
  23. Galba, 3 BC – AD 69
  24. Saint Peter, BC – c. AD 66

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When Nicolaus of Damascus was born, Julius Caesar was 35 or 36, Virgil was 5 or 6, Cicero was 42 or 43, Horace was about a year old and Pompey was 41 or 42.

When Nicolaus of Damascus died, Augustus was 65 or 66, Ovid was 45 or 46, Saint Peter was 3 or 4, Livy was 61 or 62 and Tiberius was 44 or 45.

Born during Nicolaus of Damascus’s lifetime: Augustus, Ovid, Saint Peter, Livy, Tiberius, Claudius, Galba and Arminius.

Not quite contemporaries: Caligula was born about 8 years after Nicolaus of Damascus died, Vespasian was born about 5 years after Nicolaus of Damascus died, Pope Linus was born about 5 years after Nicolaus of Damascus died and Mark the Evangelist was born about 5 years after Nicolaus of Damascus died.

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The 59 best-known contemporaries

59 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Nicolaus of Damascus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 31 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. Saint Peter BC – c. AD 66
  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. Claudius 10 BC – AD 54
  15. Pompey 106–48 BC
  16. Mark Antony BC–BC
  17. Vitruvius c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  18. Galba 3 BC – AD 69
  19. Diodorus Siculus c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  20. Sallust 86–35 BC
  21. Herod the Great c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  22. Arminius c. 17 BC – c. AD 21
  23. Marcus Junius Brutus c. 85 – 42 BC
  24. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  25. Marcus Licinius Crassus 115–53 BC
  26. Saint Anne c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  27. Philo c. 15 BC – c. AD 50
  28. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  29. Propertius c. 47 – BC
  30. Vercingetorix c. 80 – BC
  31. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa BC–BC
  32. Dionysius of Halicarnassus c. 60 – BC
  33. Cato the Younger BC–BC
  34. Germanicus 15 BC – AD 19
  35. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  36. Caesarion 47–30 BC
  37. Posidonius 135–BC
  38. Seneca the Elder c. 54 BC – c. AD 39
  39. Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator BC–47 BC
  40. Catiline 108–62 BC
  41. Livia BC – AD 29
  42. Velleius Paterculus c. 19 BC – c. AD 31
  43. Ptolemy XII Auletes 117–BC
  44. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  45. Wang Mang c. 45 BC – AD 23
  46. Nero Claudius Drusus 38–9 BC
  47. Gaius Cassius Longinus c. 82 – BC
  48. Herod Agrippa BC – AD 44
  49. Juba II BC – AD 23
  50. Cleopatra Selene II 40–BC
  51. Gaius Julius Hyginus c. 64 BC – AD 17
  52. Agrippina the Elder BC – AD 33
  53. Lucullus c. 117 – c. 57 BC
  54. Herod Archelaus BC – c. AD 17
  55. Gaius Caesar BC – AD 4
  56. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  57. Dongmyeong of Goguryeo BC–BC
  58. Sejanus 20 BC – AD 31
  59. Julia the Elder 39 BC – AD 14