Who Was Alive

Were Otho and Tacitus alive at the same time?

Yes. Otho and Tacitus were alive at the same time, from c. AD 55 to AD 69.

Otho

Otho

Roman emperor

Born 28 April AD 32 · died 16 April AD 69, aged 36

Tacitus

Tacitus

Roman historian

Born c. AD 55 · died c. AD 120

  1. Saint Peter, BC – c. AD 66
  2. Paul the Apostle, c. AD 5 – c. AD 66
  3. Otho, AD 32 – AD 69
  4. Nero, AD 37 – AD 68
  5. Plutarch, c. AD 45 – c. AD 120
  6. Tacitus, c. AD 55 – c. AD 120
  7. Ptolemy, c. AD 100 – c. AD 170

Otho and Tacitus in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Otho and Tacitus were born

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