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Posidonius
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Posidonius

Greek philosopher

Born 135 BC · died 51 BC, aged 83 or 84
Also known as Poseidonios, Posidonius of Apamea

Who was alive at the same time as Posidonius?

  1. Polybius, c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  2. Hipparchus, c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  3. Sima Qian, c. 140 – BC
  4. Sulla, 138–BC
  5. Posidonius, 135–BC
  6. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  7. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  8. Pompey, 106–48 BC
  9. Spartacus, 103–71 BC
  10. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  11. Lucretius, BC–55 BC
  12. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  13. Marcus Junius Brutus, c. 85 – 42 BC
  14. Catullus, c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  15. Sallust, 86–35 BC
  16. Mark Antony, BC–BC
  17. Vitruvius, c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  18. Herod the Great, c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  19. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  20. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  21. Strabo, c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  22. Horace, 65–8 BC
  23. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  24. Livy, BC – AD 17

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When Posidonius was born, Sulla was 2 or 3, Emperor Wu of Han was 20 or 21, Tiberius Gracchus was 26 or 27, Mithridates I of Parthia was 59 or 60 and Ptolemy IX Soter was 6 or 7.

When Posidonius died, Julius Caesar was 48 or 49, Virgil was 18 or 19, Augustus was 11 or 12, Cicero was 55 or 56 and Horace was 13 or 14.

Born during Posidonius’s lifetime: Julius Caesar, Virgil, Augustus, Cicero, Cleopatra, Horace, Livy and Lucretius.

Not quite contemporaries: Ovid was born about 8 years after Posidonius died, Tiberius was born about 9 years after Posidonius died, Cato the Elder died about 14 years before Posidonius was born and Propertius was born about 2 years after Posidonius died.

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The 63 best-known contemporaries

63 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Posidonius. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 93 BC.

  1. Julius Caesar 100–44 BC
  2. Virgil 70–19 BC
  3. Augustus 63 BC – AD 14
  4. Cicero 106–43 BC
  5. Cleopatra c. 69 – 30 BC
  6. Horace 65–8 BC
  7. Sima Qian c. 140 – BC
  8. Livy BC – AD 17
  9. Lucretius BC–55 BC
  10. Catullus c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  11. Strabo c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  12. Pompey 106–48 BC
  13. Mark Antony BC–BC
  14. Vitruvius c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  15. Spartacus 103–71 BC
  16. Polybius c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  17. Diodorus Siculus c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  18. Hipparchus c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  19. Sallust 86–35 BC
  20. Herod the Great c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  21. Sulla 138–BC
  22. Marcus Junius Brutus c. 85 – 42 BC
  23. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  24. Marcus Licinius Crassus 115–53 BC
  25. Saint Anne c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  26. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  27. Gaius Marius c. 158 – 86 BC
  28. Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
  29. Vercingetorix c. 80 – BC
  30. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa BC–BC
  31. Mithridates VI Eupator c. 133 – BC
  32. Dionysius of Halicarnassus c. 60 – BC
  33. Cato the Younger BC–BC
  34. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  35. Seneca the Elder c. 54 BC – c. AD 39
  36. Apollodorus of Athens c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  37. Tiberius Gracchus 162–133 BC
  38. Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator BC–47 BC
  39. Catiline 108–62 BC
  40. Livia BC – AD 29
  41. Ptolemy XII Auletes 117–BC
  42. Scipio Aemilianus c. 185 – 129 BC
  43. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  44. Mithridates I of Parthia 195–132 BC
  45. Ptolemy IX Soter 142–81 BC
  46. Jugurtha 160–104 BC
  47. Gaius Cassius Longinus c. 82 – BC
  48. Carneades 213–129 BC
  49. Cleopatra II c. 186 – 116 BC
  50. Ptolemy VIII Physcon 182–116 BC
  51. Cleopatra III c. 161 – 101 BC
  52. Gaius Gracchus c. 154 – 121 BC
  53. Ptolemy X Alexander I c. 139 – BC
  54. Gaius Julius Hyginus c. 64 BC – AD 17
  55. Lucullus c. 117 – c. 57 BC
  56. Zhang Qian 200 – c. 114 BC
  57. Dionysius Thrax 170–BC
  58. Lucius Cornelius Cinna 135–BC
  59. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  60. Nicolaus of Damascus BC – AD 4
  61. Dongmyeong of Goguryeo BC–BC
  62. Cleopatra IV c. 138 – 112 BC
  63. Alexander Jannaeus c. 127 – BC