Who Was Alive

Were Virgil and Ovid alive at the same time?

Yes. Virgil and Ovid were alive at the same time for 24 years, from 43 BC to 19 BC.

Virgil was 26 when Ovid was born.

Ovid was 24 when Virgil died, aged 50.

Virgil

Roman poet (1st century BC)

Born 15 October 70 BC · died 21 September 19 BC, aged 50

Ovid

Roman poet (43 BC – 17/18 AD)

Born 20 March 43 BC · died AD 17, aged 58 or 59

  1. Cicero
  2. Julius Caesar
  3. Cleopatra
  4. Virgil
  5. Augustus
  6. Ovid
  7. Paul the Apostle
Virgil and Ovid 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.