Who Was Alive

Were Pompey and Virgil alive at the same time?

Yes. Pompey and Virgil were alive at the same time for 21 years, from 70 BC to 48 BC.

Pompey was 36 when Virgil was born.

Virgil was 21 when Pompey died, aged 57 or 58.

Pompey

Roman general and statesman

Born 29–30 September 106 BC · died 28 September 48 BC, aged 57 or 58

Virgil

Roman poet (1st century BC)

Born 15 October 70 BC · died 21 September 19 BC, aged 50

  1. Cicero
  2. Pompey
  3. Julius Caesar
  4. Cleopatra
  5. Virgil
  6. Augustus
  7. Ovid
Pompey and Virgil 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.