Who Was Alive

Were Quintilian and Plutarch alive at the same time?

Yes. Quintilian and Plutarch were alive at the same time, from AD 40–50 to c. AD 96.

Quintilian

Quintilian

Roman rhetorician

Born c. AD 35 · died c. AD 96

Plutarch

Plutarch

Roman philosopher and historian

Born AD 40–50 · died c. AD 120

  1. Saint Peter, BC – c. AD 66
  2. Paul the Apostle, c. AD 5 – c. AD 66
  3. Quintilian, c. AD 35 – c. AD 96
  4. Nero, AD 37 – AD 68
  5. Plutarch, c. AD 45 – c. AD 120
  6. Tacitus, c. AD 55 – c. AD 120
  7. Ptolemy, c. AD 100 – c. AD 170

Quintilian and Plutarch 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 Quintilian and Plutarch were born

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