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Scipio Aemilianus
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Scipio Aemilianus

Roman politician and military leader

Born c. 185 BC · died 129 BC
Also known as Scipio Africanus Minor

Who was alive at the same time as Scipio Aemilianus?

  1. Ennius, 239–169 BC
  2. Cato the Elder, c. 234 – 149 BC
  3. Antiochus IV Epiphanes, c. 215 – 164 BC
  4. Carneades, 213–129 BC
  5. Ptolemy V Epiphanes, 210–180 BC
  6. Polybius, c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  7. Mithridates I of Parthia, 195–132 BC
  8. Hipparchus, c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  9. Terence, c. 188 – 159 BC
  10. Cleopatra II, c. 186 – 116 BC
  11. Scipio Aemilianus, c. 185 – 129 BC
  12. Ptolemy VI Philometor, c. 185 – 145 BC
  13. Apollodorus of Athens, c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  14. Ptolemy VIII Physcon, 182–116 BC
  15. Tiberius Gracchus, 162–133 BC
  16. Jugurtha, 160–104 BC
  17. Gaius Marius, c. 158 – 86 BC
  18. Emperor Wu of Han, 156–87 BC
  19. Sima Qian, c. 140 – BC
  20. Ptolemy IX Soter, 142–81 BC
  21. Tigranes the Great, 140–BC
  22. Sulla, 138–BC
  23. Posidonius, 135–BC
  24. Mithridates VI Eupator, c. 133 – BC

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When Scipio Aemilianus died, Sulla was 8 or 9, Emperor Wu of Han was 26 or 27, Posidonius was 5 or 6, Ptolemy IX Soter was 12 or 13 and Ptolemy VIII Physcon was 52 or 53.

Born during Scipio Aemilianus’s lifetime: Sima Qian, Sulla, Tigranes the Great, Gaius Marius, Emperor Wu of Han, Mithridates VI Eupator, Posidonius and Apollodorus of Athens.

Not quite contemporaries: Eratosthenes died about 6 years before Scipio Aemilianus was born, Apollonius of Perga died months before Scipio Aemilianus was born, Marcus Terentius Varro was born about 13 years after Scipio Aemilianus died and Marcus Licinius Crassus was born about 13 years after Scipio Aemilianus died.

Where Scipio Aemilianus’s contemporaries were born

Scipio Aemilianus is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (24 of 39 placed); tap one to open that person.
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The 38 best-known contemporaries

38 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Scipio Aemilianus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 155 BC.

  1. Sima Qian c. 140 – BC
  2. Cato the Elder c. 234 – 149 BC
  3. Terence c. 188 – 159 BC
  4. Polybius c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  5. Hipparchus c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  6. Sulla 138–BC
  7. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  8. Ennius 239–169 BC
  9. Gaius Marius c. 158 – 86 BC
  10. Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
  11. Mithridates VI Eupator c. 133 – BC
  12. Posidonius 135–BC
  13. Antiochus IV Epiphanes c. 215 – 164 BC
  14. Ptolemy V Epiphanes 210–180 BC
  15. Apollodorus of Athens c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  16. Tiberius Gracchus 162–133 BC
  17. Ptolemy VI Philometor c. 185 – 145 BC
  18. Mithridates I of Parthia 195–132 BC
  19. Ptolemy IX Soter 142–81 BC
  20. Jugurtha 160–104 BC
  21. Carneades 213–129 BC
  22. Cleopatra II c. 186 – 116 BC
  23. Ptolemy VIII Physcon 182–116 BC
  24. Masinissa 238 – c. 149 BC
  25. Cleopatra III c. 161 – 101 BC
  26. Gaius Gracchus c. 154 – 121 BC
  27. Philip V of Macedon 238–179 BC
  28. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus c. 228 – 160 BC
  29. Perseus of Macedon c. 212 – 166 BC
  30. Ptolemy X Alexander I c. 139 – BC
  31. Modu Chanyu 234–174 BC
  32. Eumenes II 221–159 BC
  33. Seleucus IV Philopator 217–175 BC
  34. Zhang Qian 200 – c. 114 BC
  35. Demetrius I Soter 187–150 BC
  36. Dionysius Thrax 170–BC
  37. Lucius Cornelius Cinna 135–BC
  38. Cleopatra IV c. 138 – 112 BC