Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 73 BC?

25 of the people we track were surely alive in 73 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 Caesar27
  2. Cicero34
  3. Lucretius21–22
  4. Catullus9–14
  5. Pompey33
  6. Mark Antony10
  7. Vitruvius4–9
  8. Spartacus30–31
  9. Diodorus Siculus15–20
  10. Sallust13
  11. Marcus Junius Brutus9–15
  12. Marcus Terentius Varro43
  13. Marcus Licinius Crassus42–43
  14. Tigranes the Great67–68
  15. Vercingetorix5–10
  16. Mithridates VI Eupator59–62
  17. Cato the Younger22
  18. Cornelius Nepos25–30
  19. Posidonius62
  20. Catiline35–36
  21. Ptolemy XII Auletes44–45
  22. Lepidus15–20
  23. Gaius Cassius Longinus7–12
  24. Lucullus42–47
  25. Aenesidemus5–10

Where the people alive in 73 BC were born

The 25 best known of those alive in 73 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (23 of 25 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list