Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 79 BC?

24 of the people we track were surely alive in 79 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 Caesar21
  2. Cicero28
  3. Lucretius15–16
  4. Catullus3–8
  5. Pompey27
  6. Mark Antony4
  7. Spartacus24–25
  8. Diodorus Siculus9–14
  9. Sallust7
  10. Sulla59
  11. Marcus Junius Brutus3–9
  12. Marcus Terentius Varro37
  13. Marcus Licinius Crassus36–37
  14. Tigranes the Great61–62
  15. Mithridates VI Eupator53–56
  16. Cato the Younger16
  17. Cornelius Nepos19–24
  18. Posidonius56
  19. Catiline29–30
  20. Ptolemy XII Auletes38–39
  21. Lepidus9–14
  22. Gaius Cassius Longinus1–6
  23. Lucullus36–41
  24. Alexander Jannaeus46–51

Where the people alive in 79 BC were born

The 24 best known of those alive in 79 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (21 of 24 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list