Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 78 BC?

26 of the people we track were surely alive in 78 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 78 BC: Sulla.

  1. Julius Caesar22
  2. Cicero29
  3. Lucretius16–17
  4. Catullus4–9
  5. Pompey28
  6. Mark Antony5
  7. Spartacus25–26
  8. Diodorus Siculus10–15
  9. Sallust8
  10. Sulla59 or 60 †
  11. Marcus Junius Brutus4–10
  12. Marcus Terentius Varro38
  13. Marcus Licinius Crassus37–38
  14. Tigranes the Great62–63
  15. Vercingetorix0–5
  16. Mithridates VI Eupator54–57
  17. Cato the Younger17
  18. Cornelius Nepos20–25
  19. Posidonius57
  20. Catiline30–31
  21. Ptolemy XII Auletes39–40
  22. Lepidus10–15
  23. Gaius Cassius Longinus2–7
  24. Lucullus37–42
  25. Aenesidemus0–5
  26. Alexander Jannaeus47–52

Where the people alive in 78 BC were born

The 26 best known of those alive in 78 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (23 of 26 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list