Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 88 BC?

25 of the people we track were surely alive in 88 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 Caesar12
  2. Cicero19
  3. Sima Qian47–58
  4. Lucretius6–7
  5. Pompey18
  6. Spartacus15–16
  7. Diodorus Siculus0–5
  8. Sulla50
  9. Marcus Terentius Varro28
  10. Marcus Licinius Crassus27–28
  11. Tigranes the Great52–53
  12. Gaius Marius68–73
  13. Emperor Wu of Han68
  14. Mithridates VI Eupator44–47
  15. Cato the Younger7
  16. Cornelius Nepos10–15
  17. Posidonius47
  18. Catiline20–21
  19. Ptolemy XII Auletes29–30
  20. Lepidus0–5
  21. Ptolemy IX Soter54
  22. Ptolemy X Alexander I51–52
  23. Lucullus27–32
  24. Lucius Cornelius Cinna47–48
  25. Alexander Jannaeus37–42

Where the people alive in 88 BC were born

The 25 best known of those alive in 88 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (21 of 25 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list