Who Was Alive

Were Sallust and Virgil alive at the same time?

Yes. Sallust and Virgil were alive at the same time for 34 years, from 70 BC to 35 BC.

Sallust was 16 when Virgil was born.

Virgil was 34 when Sallust died, aged 50.

Sallust

Sallust

Roman historian and politician

Born 1 October 86 BC · died 13 May 35 BC, aged 50

Virgil

Virgil

Roman poet

Born 15 October 70 BC · died 21 September 19 BC, aged 50

  1. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  2. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  3. Sallust, 86–35 BC
  4. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  5. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  6. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  7. Ovid, 43 BC – AD 17

Sallust and Virgil 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 Sallust and Virgil were born

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