Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 68 BC?

26 of the people we track were surely alive in 68 BC. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year; a range such as 17–21 means the birth year itself is uncertain.

  1. Julius Caesar32
  2. Virgil2
  3. Cicero39
  4. Lucretius26–27
  5. Catullus14–19
  6. Pompey38
  7. Mark Antony15
  8. Vitruvius9–14
  9. Diodorus Siculus20–25
  10. Sallust18
  11. Herod the Great4–9
  12. Marcus Junius Brutus14–20
  13. Marcus Terentius Varro48
  14. Marcus Licinius Crassus47–48
  15. Tigranes the Great72–73
  16. Vercingetorix10–15
  17. Mithridates VI Eupator64–67
  18. Cato the Younger27
  19. Cornelius Nepos30–35
  20. Posidonius67
  21. Catiline40–41
  22. Ptolemy XII Auletes49–50
  23. Lepidus20–25
  24. Gaius Cassius Longinus12–17
  25. Lucullus47–52
  26. Aenesidemus10–15

Where the people alive in 68 BC were born

The 26 best known of those alive in 68 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (24 of 26 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list