Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 99 BC?

21 of the people we track were surely alive in 99 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 Caesar1
  2. Cicero8
  3. Sima Qian36–47
  4. Pompey7
  5. Spartacus4–5
  6. Sulla39
  7. Marcus Terentius Varro17
  8. Marcus Licinius Crassus16–17
  9. Tigranes the Great41–42
  10. Gaius Marius57–62
  11. Emperor Wu of Han57
  12. Mithridates VI Eupator33–36
  13. Posidonius36
  14. Catiline9–10
  15. Ptolemy XII Auletes18–19
  16. Ptolemy IX Soter43
  17. Ptolemy X Alexander I40–41
  18. Lucullus16–21
  19. Dionysius Thrax71–72
  20. Lucius Cornelius Cinna36–37
  21. Alexander Jannaeus26–31

Where the people alive in 99 BC were born

The 21 best known of those alive in 99 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (17 of 21 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list