Tacitus · Hadrian Were Tacitus and Hadrian alive at the same time? Yes. Tacitus and Hadrian were alive at the same time, from AD 76 to c. AD 120. TacitusRoman historian and senatorBorn c. AD 55 · died c. AD 120Hadrian14th Roman EmperorBorn 24 January AD 76 · died 10 July AD 138, aged 62 Saint PeterPaul the ApostlePliny the ElderNeroPlutarchTacitusHadrianPtolemyMarcus Aurelius Tacitus and Hadrian 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.