Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 8 BC?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in 8 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 8 BC: Horace.

  1. Augustus55
  2. Ovid35
  3. Horace56 †
  4. Livy51–52
  5. Tiberius34
  6. Strabo53–57
  7. Claudius2
  8. Herod the Great64–69
  9. Arminius7–12
  10. Saint Anne45–50
  11. Philo5–10
  12. Dionysius of Halicarnassus49–54
  13. Germanicus7
  14. Seneca the Elder44–49
  15. Livia50–51
  16. Velleius Paterculus9–13
  17. Wang Mang34–40
  18. Herod Agrippa2–3
  19. Juba II40–44
  20. Cleopatra Selene II32
  21. Gaius Julius Hyginus53–58
  22. Agrippina the Elder6–7
  23. Herod Archelaus15
  24. Gaius Caesar12–13
  25. Nicolaus of Damascus56
  26. Sejanus12
  27. Julia the Elder31

Where the people alive in 8 BC were born

The 27 best known of those alive in 8 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (23 of 27 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list