Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 98 BC?

22 of the people we track were surely alive in 98 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 Caesar2
  2. Cicero9
  3. Sima Qian37–48
  4. Pompey8
  5. Spartacus5–6
  6. Sulla40
  7. Marcus Terentius Varro18
  8. Marcus Licinius Crassus17–18
  9. Tigranes the Great42–43
  10. Gaius Marius58–63
  11. Emperor Wu of Han58
  12. Mithridates VI Eupator34–37
  13. Cornelius Nepos0–5
  14. Posidonius37
  15. Catiline10–11
  16. Ptolemy XII Auletes19–20
  17. Ptolemy IX Soter44
  18. Ptolemy X Alexander I41–42
  19. Lucullus17–22
  20. Dionysius Thrax72–73
  21. Lucius Cornelius Cinna37–38
  22. Alexander Jannaeus27–32

Where the people alive in 98 BC were born

The 22 best known of those alive in 98 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (18 of 22 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list