Who Was Alive

Were Quintilian and Tacitus alive at the same time?

Yes. Quintilian and Tacitus were alive at the same time, from c. AD 55 to c. AD 96.

Quintilian

Quintilian

Roman rhetorician

Born c. AD 35 · died c. AD 96

Tacitus

Tacitus

Roman historian

Born c. AD 55 · 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 Tacitus 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 Tacitus were born

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