Who was alive in 74 BC?
25 of the people we track were surely alive in 74 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.
Julius Caesar26
Cicero33
Lucretius20–21
Catullus8–13
Pompey32
Mark Antony9
Vitruvius3–8
Spartacus29–30
Diodorus Siculus14–19
Sallust12
Marcus Junius Brutus8–14
Marcus Terentius Varro42
Marcus Licinius Crassus41–42
Tigranes the Great66–67
Vercingetorix4–9
Mithridates VI Eupator58–61
Cato the Younger21
Cornelius Nepos24–29Posidonius61
Catiline34–35
Ptolemy XII Auletes43–44
Lepidus14–19
Gaius Cassius Longinus6–11
Lucullus41–46- Aenesidemus4–9
Where the people alive in 74 BC were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Julius Caesar: Rome
- Cicero: Arpino
- Lucretius: Pompeii
- Catullus: Verona
- Mark Antony: Rome
- Vitruvius: Roman Republic
- Spartacus: Thrace
- Diodorus Siculus: Agyrion
- Sallust: Amiternum
- Marcus Terentius Varro: Rieti
- Marcus Licinius Crassus: Ancient Rome
- Tigranes the Great: Artaxata
- Vercingetorix: Gergovie
- Mithridates VI Eupator: Sinop
- Cato the Younger: Ancient Rome
- Cornelius Nepos: Pavia
- Posidonius: Apamea
- Catiline: Ancient Rome
- Ptolemy XII Auletes: Cyprus
- Lepidus: Ancient Rome
- Gaius Cassius Longinus: Ancient Rome
- Lucullus: Ancient Rome
- Aenesidemus: Knossos