Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 97 BC?

22 of the people we track were surely alive in 97 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 Caesar3
  2. Cicero10
  3. Sima Qian38–49
  4. Pompey9
  5. Spartacus6–7
  6. Sulla41
  7. Marcus Terentius Varro19
  8. Marcus Licinius Crassus18–19
  9. Tigranes the Great43–44
  10. Gaius Marius59–64
  11. Emperor Wu of Han59
  12. Mithridates VI Eupator35–38
  13. Cornelius Nepos1–6
  14. Posidonius38
  15. Catiline11–12
  16. Ptolemy XII Auletes20–21
  17. Ptolemy IX Soter45
  18. Ptolemy X Alexander I42–43
  19. Lucullus18–23
  20. Dionysius Thrax73–74
  21. Lucius Cornelius Cinna38–39
  22. Alexander Jannaeus28–33

Where the people alive in 97 BC were born

The 22 best known of those alive in 97 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (18 of 22 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list