Who Was Alive

Were Sulla and Cicero alive at the same time?

Yes. Sulla and Cicero were alive at the same time for 28 or 29 years, from 106 BC to BC.

Sulla was 31 when Cicero was born.

Cicero was 28 or 29 when Sulla died, aged 59 or 60.

Sulla

Sulla

Roman military leader

Born 138 BC · died 78 BC, aged 59 or 60

Cicero

Cicero

Roman lawyer and orator

Born 3 January 106 BC · died 7 December 43 BC, aged 63

  1. Sima Qian, c. 140 – BC
  2. Sulla, 138–BC
  3. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  4. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  5. Lucretius, BC–55 BC
  6. Catullus, c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  7. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  8. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  9. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  10. Ovid, 43 BC – AD 17

Sulla and Cicero 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 Sulla and Cicero were born

Sulla and Cicero are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (10 of 10 placed); tap one to open that person.
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