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Propertius
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Propertius

Roman poet

Born c. 47 BC · died 16 BC
Also known as Sextus Aurelius Propertius, Sextus Propertius

Who was alive at the same time as Propertius?

  1. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  2. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  3. Cornelius Nepos, c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  4. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  5. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  6. Marcus Junius Brutus, c. 85 – 42 BC
  7. Sallust, 86–35 BC
  8. Mark Antony, BC–BC
  9. Vitruvius, c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  10. Herod the Great, c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  11. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  12. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  13. Strabo, c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  14. Horace, 65–8 BC
  15. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, BC–BC
  16. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  17. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, c. 60 – BC
  18. Livy, BC – AD 17
  19. Saint Anne, c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  20. Seneca the Elder, c. 54 BC – c. AD 39
  21. Propertius, c. 47 – BC
  22. Caesarion, 47–30 BC
  23. Ovid, 43 BC – AD 17
  24. Tiberius, 42 BC – AD 37

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When Propertius died, Augustus was 46 or 47, Ovid was 26 or 27, Horace was 48 or 49, Livy was 42 or 43 and Tiberius was 25 or 26.

Born during Propertius’s lifetime: Ovid, Tiberius, Nero Claudius Drusus, Cleopatra Selene II, Herod Archelaus, Gaius Caesar, Sejanus and Julia the Elder.

Not quite contemporaries: Saint Peter was born about 14 years after Propertius died, Lucretius died about 6 years before Propertius was born, Catullus died about 3 years before Propertius was born and Claudius was born about 6 years after Propertius died.

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Where Propertius’s contemporaries were born

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The 38 best-known contemporaries

38 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Propertius. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 31 BC.

  1. Julius Caesar 100–44 BC
  2. Virgil 70–19 BC
  3. Augustus 63 BC – AD 14
  4. Cicero 106–43 BC
  5. Ovid 43 BC – AD 17
  6. Cleopatra c. 69 – 30 BC
  7. Horace 65–8 BC
  8. Livy BC – AD 17
  9. Tiberius 42 BC – AD 37
  10. Strabo c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  11. Mark Antony BC–BC
  12. Vitruvius c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  13. Diodorus Siculus c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  14. Sallust 86–35 BC
  15. Herod the Great c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  16. Marcus Junius Brutus c. 85 – 42 BC
  17. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  18. Saint Anne c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  19. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa BC–BC
  20. Dionysius of Halicarnassus c. 60 – BC
  21. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  22. Caesarion 47–30 BC
  23. Seneca the Elder c. 54 BC – c. AD 39
  24. Livia BC – AD 29
  25. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  26. Wang Mang c. 45 BC – AD 23
  27. Nero Claudius Drusus 38–9 BC
  28. Gaius Cassius Longinus c. 82 – BC
  29. Juba II BC – AD 23
  30. Cleopatra Selene II 40–BC
  31. Gaius Julius Hyginus c. 64 BC – AD 17
  32. Herod Archelaus BC – c. AD 17
  33. Gaius Caesar BC – AD 4
  34. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  35. Nicolaus of Damascus BC – AD 4
  36. Dongmyeong of Goguryeo BC–BC
  37. Sejanus 20 BC – AD 31
  38. Julia the Elder 39 BC – AD 14