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Sallust
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Sallust

Roman historian and politician

Born 1 October 86 BC · died 13 May 35 BC, aged 50
Also known as Gaius Sallustius Crispus

Who was alive at the same time as Sallust?

  1. Sulla, 138–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. Spartacus, 103–71 BC
  7. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  8. Lucretius, BC–55 BC
  9. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  10. Marcus Junius Brutus, c. 85 – 42 BC
  11. Catullus, c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  12. Sallust, 86–35 BC
  13. Mark Antony, BC–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. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  21. Livy, BC – AD 17
  22. Saint Anne, c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  23. Ovid, 43 BC – AD 17
  24. Tiberius, 42 BC – AD 37

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When Sallust was born, Julius Caesar was 14, Cicero was 20, Lucretius was 7 or 8, Pompey was 20 and Spartacus was 16 or 17.

When Sallust died, Virgil was 34, Augustus was 27, Ovid was 8, Horace was 29 and Livy was 23 or 24.

Born during Sallust’s lifetime: Virgil, Augustus, Ovid, Cleopatra, Horace, Livy, Tiberius and Strabo.

Not quite contemporaries: Gaius Marius died months before Sallust was born, Emperor Wu of Han died about a year before Sallust was born, Velleius Paterculus was born about 14 years after Sallust died and Ptolemy X Alexander I died about a year before Sallust was born.

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The 53 best-known contemporaries

53 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Sallust. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 60 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. Lucretius BC–55 BC
  10. Catullus c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  11. Tiberius 42 BC – AD 37
  12. Strabo c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  13. Pompey 106–48 BC
  14. Mark Antony BC–BC
  15. Vitruvius c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  16. Spartacus 103–71 BC
  17. Diodorus Siculus c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  18. Herod the Great c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  19. Sulla 138–BC
  20. Marcus Junius Brutus c. 85 – 42 BC
  21. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  22. Marcus Licinius Crassus 115–53 BC
  23. Saint Anne c. 55 BC – c. AD 12
  24. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  25. Propertius c. 47 – BC
  26. Vercingetorix c. 80 – BC
  27. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa BC–BC
  28. Mithridates VI Eupator c. 133 – BC
  29. Dionysius of Halicarnassus c. 60 – BC
  30. Cato the Younger BC–BC
  31. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  32. Caesarion 47–30 BC
  33. Posidonius 135–BC
  34. Seneca the Elder c. 54 BC – c. AD 39
  35. Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator BC–47 BC
  36. Catiline 108–62 BC
  37. Livia BC – AD 29
  38. Ptolemy XII Auletes 117–BC
  39. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  40. Wang Mang c. 45 BC – AD 23
  41. Nero Claudius Drusus 38–9 BC
  42. Ptolemy IX Soter 142–81 BC
  43. Gaius Cassius Longinus c. 82 – BC
  44. Juba II BC – AD 23
  45. Cleopatra Selene II 40–BC
  46. Gaius Julius Hyginus c. 64 BC – AD 17
  47. Lucullus c. 117 – c. 57 BC
  48. Lucius Cornelius Cinna 135–BC
  49. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  50. Nicolaus of Damascus BC – AD 4
  51. Dongmyeong of Goguryeo BC–BC
  52. Alexander Jannaeus c. 127 – BC
  53. Julia the Elder 39 BC – AD 14