Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 70 BC?

26 of the people we track were surely alive in 70 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.

Born in 70 BC: Virgil.

  1. Julius Caesar30
  2. Virgilborn
  3. Cicero37
  4. Lucretius24–25
  5. Catullus12–17
  6. Pompey36
  7. Mark Antony13
  8. Vitruvius7–12
  9. Diodorus Siculus18–23
  10. Sallust16
  11. Herod the Great2–7
  12. Marcus Junius Brutus12–18
  13. Marcus Terentius Varro46
  14. Marcus Licinius Crassus45–46
  15. Tigranes the Great70–71
  16. Vercingetorix8–13
  17. Mithridates VI Eupator62–65
  18. Cato the Younger25
  19. Cornelius Nepos28–33
  20. Posidonius65
  21. Catiline38–39
  22. Ptolemy XII Auletes47–48
  23. Lepidus18–23
  24. Gaius Cassius Longinus10–15
  25. Lucullus45–50
  26. Aenesidemus8–13

Where the people alive in 70 BC were born

The 26 best known of those alive in 70 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (24 of 26 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list