Who Was Alive

Were Spartacus and Lucretius alive at the same time?

Yes. Spartacus and Lucretius were alive at the same time for 22 or 23 years, from BC to 71 BC.

Lucretius was 22 or 23 when Spartacus died, aged 31 or 32.

Spartacus

Thracian gladiator who led a slave uprising against the Roman Republic

Born 103 BC · died April 71 BC, aged 31 or 32

Lucretius

1st-century BC Roman poet and philosopher

Born 94 BC · died 15 October 55 BC, aged 38 or 39

  1. Sima Qian
  2. Cicero
  3. Spartacus
  4. Julius Caesar
  5. Lucretius
  6. Catullus
  7. Cleopatra
  8. Virgil
  9. Augustus
Spartacus and Lucretius in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.