Who Was Alive

Were Ovid and Paul the Apostle alive at the same time?

Yes. Ovid and Paul the Apostle were alive at the same time, from c. AD 5 to AD 17.

Ovid

Roman poet (43 BC – 17/18 AD)

Born 20 March 43 BC · died AD 17, aged 58 or 59

Paul the Apostle

Early Christian apostle and missionary (c. AD 5 – c. 64/65)

Born c. AD 5 · died AD 64–67

  1. Cicero
  2. Cleopatra
  3. Virgil
  4. Augustus
  5. Ovid
  6. Saint Peter
  7. Paul the Apostle
  8. Plutarch
  9. Tacitus
Ovid and Paul the Apostle in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.