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Tigranes the Great
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Tigranes the Great

King of Armenia

Born 140 BC · died 55 BC
Also known as Tigranes II

Who was alive at the same time as Tigranes the Great?

  1. Polybius, c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  2. Hipparchus, c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  3. Sima Qian, c. 140 – BC
  4. Tigranes the Great, 140–BC
  5. Sulla, 138–BC
  6. Marcus Terentius Varro, 116–BC
  7. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  8. Pompey, 106–48 BC
  9. Spartacus, 103–71 BC
  10. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  11. Lucretius, BC–55 BC
  12. Diodorus Siculus, c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  13. Marcus Junius Brutus, c. 85 – 42 BC
  14. Catullus, c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  15. Sallust, 86–35 BC
  16. Mark Antony, BC–BC
  17. Vitruvius, c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  18. Herod the Great, c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  19. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  20. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  21. Strabo, c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  22. Horace, 65–8 BC
  23. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  24. Livy, BC – AD 17

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When Tigranes the Great was born, Emperor Wu of Han was 15 or 16, Ptolemy IX Soter was 1 or 2, Jugurtha was 19 or 20, Zhang Qian was 59 or 60 and Dionysius Thrax was 29 or 30.

When Tigranes the Great died, Julius Caesar was 44 or 45, Virgil was 14 or 15, Augustus was 7 or 8, Cicero was 50 or 51 and Horace was 9 or 10.

Born during Tigranes the Great’s lifetime: Julius Caesar, Virgil, Augustus, Cicero, Cleopatra, Horace, Livy and Lucretius.

Not quite contemporaries: Ovid was born about 12 years after Tigranes the Great died, Tiberius was born about 13 years after Tigranes the Great died, Cato the Elder died about 8 years before Tigranes the Great was born and Propertius was born about 6 years after Tigranes the Great died.

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The 61 best-known contemporaries

61 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Tigranes the Great. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 98 BC.

  1. Julius Caesar 100–44 BC
  2. Virgil 70–19 BC
  3. Augustus 63 BC – AD 14
  4. Cicero 106–43 BC
  5. Cleopatra c. 69 – 30 BC
  6. Horace 65–8 BC
  7. Sima Qian c. 140 – BC
  8. Livy BC – AD 17
  9. Lucretius BC–55 BC
  10. Catullus c. 84 – c. 54 BC
  11. Strabo c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  12. Pompey 106–48 BC
  13. Mark Antony BC–BC
  14. Vitruvius c. 80 – c. 15 BC
  15. Spartacus 103–71 BC
  16. Polybius c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  17. Diodorus Siculus c. 90 – c. 20 BC
  18. Hipparchus c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  19. Sallust 86–35 BC
  20. Herod the Great c. 74 – c. 4 BC
  21. Sulla 138–BC
  22. Marcus Junius Brutus c. 85 – 42 BC
  23. Marcus Terentius Varro 116–BC
  24. Marcus Licinius Crassus 115–53 BC
  25. Gaius Marius c. 158 – 86 BC
  26. Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
  27. Vercingetorix c. 80 – BC
  28. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa BC–BC
  29. Mithridates VI Eupator c. 133 – BC
  30. Dionysius of Halicarnassus c. 60 – BC
  31. Cato the Younger BC–BC
  32. Cornelius Nepos c. 100 – c. 25 BC
  33. Posidonius 135–BC
  34. Apollodorus of Athens c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  35. Tiberius Gracchus 162–133 BC
  36. Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator BC–47 BC
  37. Catiline 108–62 BC
  38. Livia BC – AD 29
  39. Ptolemy XII Auletes 117–BC
  40. Scipio Aemilianus c. 185 – 129 BC
  41. Lepidus c. 90 – BC
  42. Mithridates I of Parthia 195–132 BC
  43. Ptolemy IX Soter 142–81 BC
  44. Jugurtha 160–104 BC
  45. Gaius Cassius Longinus c. 82 – BC
  46. Carneades 213–129 BC
  47. Cleopatra II c. 186 – 116 BC
  48. Ptolemy VIII Physcon 182–116 BC
  49. Cleopatra III c. 161 – 101 BC
  50. Gaius Gracchus c. 154 – 121 BC
  51. Ptolemy X Alexander I c. 139 – BC
  52. Gaius Julius Hyginus c. 64 BC – AD 17
  53. Lucullus c. 117 – c. 57 BC
  54. Zhang Qian 200 – c. 114 BC
  55. Dionysius Thrax 170–BC
  56. Lucius Cornelius Cinna 135–BC
  57. Aenesidemus c. 80 – c. 10 BC
  58. Nicolaus of Damascus BC – AD 4
  59. Dongmyeong of Goguryeo BC–BC
  60. Cleopatra IV c. 138 – 112 BC
  61. Alexander Jannaeus c. 127 – BC