Who Was Alive

Were Ovid and Saint Stephen alive at the same time?

Yes. Ovid and Saint Stephen were alive at the same time, from c. AD 1 to AD 17.

Ovid

Ovid

Roman poet

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

Saint Stephen

Saint Stephen

Deacon

Born c. AD 1 · died c. AD 36

  1. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  2. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  3. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  4. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  5. Ovid, 43 BC – AD 17
  6. Saint Stephen, c. AD 1 – c. AD 36
  7. Saint Peter, BC – c. AD 66
  8. Paul the Apostle, c. AD 5 – c. AD 66
  9. Caligula, AD 12 – AD 41

Ovid and Saint Stephen 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 Ovid and Saint Stephen were born

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