Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 72 BC?

26 of the people we track were surely alive in 72 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 Caesar28
  2. Cicero35
  3. Lucretius22–23
  4. Catullus10–15
  5. Pompey34
  6. Mark Antony11
  7. Vitruvius5–10
  8. Spartacus31–32
  9. Diodorus Siculus16–21
  10. Sallust14
  11. Herod the Great0–5
  12. Marcus Junius Brutus10–16
  13. Marcus Terentius Varro44
  14. Marcus Licinius Crassus43–44
  15. Tigranes the Great68–69
  16. Vercingetorix6–11
  17. Mithridates VI Eupator60–63
  18. Cato the Younger23
  19. Cornelius Nepos26–31
  20. Posidonius63
  21. Catiline36–37
  22. Ptolemy XII Auletes45–46
  23. Lepidus16–21
  24. Gaius Cassius Longinus8–13
  25. Lucullus43–48
  26. Aenesidemus6–11

Where the people alive in 72 BC were born

The 26 best known of those alive in 72 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (24 of 26 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list