Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 85 BC?

22 of the people we track were surely alive in 85 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 Caesar15
  2. Cicero22
  3. Lucretius9–10
  4. Pompey21
  5. Spartacus18–19
  6. Diodorus Siculus3–8
  7. Sallust1
  8. Sulla53
  9. Marcus Terentius Varro31
  10. Marcus Licinius Crassus30–31
  11. Tigranes the Great55–56
  12. Mithridates VI Eupator47–50
  13. Cato the Younger10
  14. Cornelius Nepos13–18
  15. Posidonius50
  16. Catiline23–24
  17. Ptolemy XII Auletes32–33
  18. Lepidus3–8
  19. Ptolemy IX Soter57
  20. Lucullus30–35
  21. Lucius Cornelius Cinna50–51
  22. Alexander Jannaeus40–45

Where the people alive in 85 BC were born

The 22 best known of those alive in 85 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (19 of 22 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list