Who Was Alive

Were Ovid and Linus alive at the same time?

Yes. Ovid and Linus were alive at the same time for 6 or 7 years, from AD 10 to AD 17.

Ovid was 51 or 52 when Linus was born.

Linus was 6 or 7 when Ovid died, aged 58 or 59.

Ovid

Roman poet (43 BC – 17/18 AD)

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

Linus

2nd Pope of the Catholic Church

Born AD 10 · died AD 79, aged 68 or 69

  1. Cicero
  2. Cleopatra
  3. Virgil
  4. Augustus
  5. Ovid
  6. Saint Peter
  7. Paul the Apostle
  8. Linus
  9. Plutarch
Ovid and Linus 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.