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Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator
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Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator

Pharaoh

Born 62–61 BC · died 13 January 47 BC
Also known as Ptolemy XII

Who was alive at the same time as Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator?

  1. Tigranes the Great, 140–BC
  2. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  3. Marcus Licinius Crassus, 115–53 BC
  4. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  5. Pompey, 106–48 BC
  6. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  7. Lucretius, BC–55 BC
  8. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  9. Marcus Junius Brutus, c. 85 – 42 BC
  10. Catullus, c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  11. Sallust, 86–35 BC
  12. Mark Antony, BC–BC
  13. Vercingetorix, c. 80 – BC
  14. Vitruvius, c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  15. Herod the Great, c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  16. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  17. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  18. Strabo, c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  19. Horace, 65–8 BC
  20. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, BC–BC
  21. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  22. Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, BC–47 BC
  23. Livy, BC – AD 17
  24. Saint Anne, c. 55 BC – c. AD 12

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When Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator was born, Cicero was 44 or 45.

When Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator died, Julius Caesar was 52, Virgil was 22, Augustus was 15, Cicero was 59 and Horace was 17.

Born during Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator’s lifetime: Livy, Saint Anne, Seneca the Elder, Livia, Juba II and Dongmyeong of Goguryeo.

Not quite contemporaries: Ovid was born about 4 years after Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator died, Tiberius was born about 5 years after Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator died, Spartacus died about 9 years before Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator was born and Mithridates VI Eupator died about a year before Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator was born.

What happened in Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator’s lifetime

Where Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator’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 Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 54 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. Livy BC – AD 17
  8. Lucretius BC–55 BC
  9. Catullus c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  10. Strabo c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  11. Pompey 106–48 BC
  12. Mark Antony BC–BC
  13. Vitruvius c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  14. Diodorus Siculus c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  15. Sallust 86–35 BC
  16. Herod the Great c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  17. Marcus Junius Brutus c. 85 – 42 BC
  18. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  19. Marcus Licinius Crassus 115–53 BC
  20. Saint Anne c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  21. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  22. Vercingetorix c. 80 – BC
  23. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa BC–BC
  24. Dionysius of Halicarnassus c. 60 – BC
  25. Cato the Younger BC–BC
  26. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  27. Posidonius 135–BC
  28. Seneca the Elder c. 54 BC – c. AD 39
  29. Livia BC – AD 29
  30. Ptolemy XII Auletes 117–BC
  31. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  32. Gaius Cassius Longinus c. 82 – BC
  33. Juba II BC – AD 23
  34. Gaius Julius Hyginus c. 64 BC – AD 17
  35. Lucullus c. 117 – c. 57 BC
  36. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  37. Nicolaus of Damascus BC – AD 4
  38. Dongmyeong of Goguryeo BC–BC