Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 71 BC?

26 of the people we track were surely alive in 71 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.

Died in 71 BC: Spartacus.

  1. Julius Caesar29
  2. Cicero36
  3. Lucretius23–24
  4. Catullus11–16
  5. Pompey35
  6. Mark Antony12
  7. Vitruvius6–11
  8. Spartacus31 or 32 †
  9. Diodorus Siculus17–22
  10. Sallust15
  11. Herod the Great1–6
  12. Marcus Junius Brutus11–17
  13. Marcus Terentius Varro45
  14. Marcus Licinius Crassus44–45
  15. Tigranes the Great69–70
  16. Vercingetorix7–12
  17. Mithridates VI Eupator61–64
  18. Cato the Younger24
  19. Cornelius Nepos27–32
  20. Posidonius64
  21. Catiline37–38
  22. Ptolemy XII Auletes46–47
  23. Lepidus17–22
  24. Gaius Cassius Longinus9–14
  25. Lucullus44–49
  26. Aenesidemus7–12

Where the people alive in 71 BC were born

The 26 best known of those alive in 71 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (24 of 26 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list