Who Was Alive
Tiberius Gracchus
Published by Guillaume Rouille (1518?-1589), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Tiberius Gracchus

Roman politician

Born 162 BC · died 133 BC, aged 28 or 29
Also known as Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus

Who was alive at the same time as Tiberius Gracchus?

  1. Masinissa, 238 – c. 149 BC
  2. Cato the Elder, c. 234 – 149 BC
  3. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, c. 228 – 160 BC
  4. Carneades, 213–129 BC
  5. Polybius, c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  6. Mithridates I of Parthia, 195–132 BC
  7. Hipparchus, c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  8. Terence, c. 188 – 159 BC
  9. Cleopatra II, c. 186 – 116 BC
  10. Scipio Aemilianus, c. 185 – 129 BC
  11. Ptolemy VI Philometor, c. 185 – 145 BC
  12. Apollodorus of Athens, c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  13. Ptolemy VIII Physcon, 182–116 BC
  14. Cleopatra III, c. 161 – 101 BC
  15. Tiberius Gracchus, 162–133 BC
  16. Jugurtha, 160–104 BC
  17. Gaius Marius, c. 158 – 86 BC
  18. Gaius Gracchus, c. 154 – 121 BC
  19. Emperor Wu of Han, 156–87 BC
  20. Sima Qian, c. 140 – BC
  21. Ptolemy IX Soter, 142–81 BC
  22. Tigranes the Great, 140–BC
  23. Sulla, 138–BC
  24. Posidonius, 135–BC

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When Tiberius Gracchus was born, Mithridates I of Parthia was 32 or 33, Ptolemy VIII Physcon was 19 or 20, Eumenes II was 58 or 59 and Zhang Qian was 37 or 38.

When Tiberius Gracchus died, Sulla was 4 or 5, Emperor Wu of Han was 22 or 23, Posidonius was 1 or 2, Ptolemy IX Soter was 8 or 9 and Ptolemy VIII Physcon was 48 or 49.

Born during Tiberius Gracchus’s lifetime: Sima Qian, Sulla, Tigranes the Great, Gaius Marius, Emperor Wu of Han, Posidonius, Ptolemy IX Soter and Jugurtha.

Not quite contemporaries: Ennius died about 7 years before Tiberius Gracchus was born, Antiochus IV Epiphanes died about 2 years before Tiberius Gracchus was born, Ptolemy XII Auletes was born about 15 years after Tiberius Gracchus died and Perseus of Macedon died about 4 years before Tiberius Gracchus was born.

Where Tiberius Gracchus’s contemporaries were born

Tiberius Gracchus is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (21 of 31 placed); tap one to open that person.
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The 30 best-known contemporaries

30 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Tiberius Gracchus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 147 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. Gaius Marius c. 158 – 86 BC
  9. Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
  10. Posidonius 135–BC
  11. Apollodorus of Athens c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  12. Scipio Aemilianus c. 185 – 129 BC
  13. Ptolemy VI Philometor c. 185 – 145 BC
  14. Mithridates I of Parthia 195–132 BC
  15. Ptolemy IX Soter 142–81 BC
  16. Jugurtha 160–104 BC
  17. Carneades 213–129 BC
  18. Cleopatra II c. 186 – 116 BC
  19. Ptolemy VIII Physcon 182–116 BC
  20. Masinissa 238 – c. 149 BC
  21. Cleopatra III c. 161 – 101 BC
  22. Gaius Gracchus c. 154 – 121 BC
  23. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus c. 228 – 160 BC
  24. Ptolemy X Alexander I c. 139 – BC
  25. Eumenes II 221–159 BC
  26. Zhang Qian 200 – c. 114 BC
  27. Demetrius I Soter 187–150 BC
  28. Dionysius Thrax 170–BC
  29. Lucius Cornelius Cinna 135–BC
  30. Cleopatra IV c. 138 – 112 BC