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Sulla
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Sulla

Roman military leader

Born 138 BC · died 78 BC, aged 59 or 60
Also known as Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Epaphroditus, Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix

Who was alive at the same time as Sulla?

  1. Polybius, c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  2. Hipparchus, c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  3. Apollodorus of Athens, c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  4. Gaius Marius, c. 158 – 86 BC
  5. Emperor Wu of Han, 156–87 BC
  6. Sima Qian, c. 140 – BC
  7. Tigranes the Great, 140–BC
  8. Sulla, 138–BC
  9. Posidonius, 135–BC
  10. Mithridates VI Eupator, c. 133 – BC
  11. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  12. Marcus Licinius Crassus, 115–53 BC
  13. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  14. Pompey, 106–48 BC
  15. Spartacus, 103–71 BC
  16. Cornelius Nepos, c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  17. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  18. Cato the Younger, BC–BC
  19. Lucretius, BC–55 BC
  20. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  21. Marcus Junius Brutus, c. 85 – 42 BC
  22. Catullus, c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  23. Sallust, 86–35 BC
  24. Mark Antony, BC–BC

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When Sulla was born, Emperor Wu of Han was 17 or 18, Tiberius Gracchus was 23 or 24, Mithridates I of Parthia was 56 or 57, Ptolemy IX Soter was 3 or 4 and Ptolemy VIII Physcon was 43 or 44.

When Sulla died, Julius Caesar was 21 or 22, Cicero was 28 or 29, Pompey was 27 or 28, Mark Antony was 4 or 5 and Sallust was 7 or 8.

Born during Sulla’s lifetime: Julius Caesar, Cicero, Lucretius, Catullus, Pompey, Mark Antony, Spartacus and Diodorus Siculus.

Not quite contemporaries: Virgil was born about 8 years after Sulla died, Augustus was born about 15 years after Sulla died, Cleopatra was born about 7 years after Sulla died and Horace was born about 13 years after Sulla died.

Where Sulla’s contemporaries were born

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Birthplaces as a list

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The 44 best-known contemporaries

44 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Sulla. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 108 BC.

  1. Julius Caesar 100–44 BC
  2. Cicero 106–43 BC
  3. Sima Qian c. 140 – BC
  4. Lucretius BC–55 BC
  5. Catullus c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  6. Pompey 106–48 BC
  7. Mark Antony BC–BC
  8. Spartacus 103–71 BC
  9. Polybius c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  10. Diodorus Siculus c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  11. Hipparchus c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  12. Sallust 86–35 BC
  13. Marcus Junius Brutus c. 85 – 42 BC
  14. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  15. Marcus Licinius Crassus 115–53 BC
  16. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  17. Gaius Marius c. 158 – 86 BC
  18. Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
  19. Mithridates VI Eupator c. 133 – BC
  20. Cato the Younger BC–BC
  21. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  22. Posidonius 135–BC
  23. Apollodorus of Athens c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  24. Tiberius Gracchus 162–133 BC
  25. Catiline 108–62 BC
  26. Ptolemy XII Auletes 117–BC
  27. Scipio Aemilianus c. 185 – 129 BC
  28. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  29. Mithridates I of Parthia 195–132 BC
  30. Ptolemy IX Soter 142–81 BC
  31. Jugurtha 160–104 BC
  32. Gaius Cassius Longinus c. 82 – BC
  33. Carneades 213–129 BC
  34. Cleopatra II c. 186 – 116 BC
  35. Ptolemy VIII Physcon 182–116 BC
  36. Cleopatra III c. 161 – 101 BC
  37. Gaius Gracchus c. 154 – 121 BC
  38. Ptolemy X Alexander I c. 139 – BC
  39. Lucullus c. 117 – c. 57 BC
  40. Zhang Qian 200 – c. 114 BC
  41. Dionysius Thrax 170–BC
  42. Lucius Cornelius Cinna 135–BC
  43. Cleopatra IV c. 138 – 112 BC
  44. Alexander Jannaeus c. 127 – BC