Who was alive at the same time as Cleopatra?

Queen of Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BCE

Cleopatra lived c. 70–30 BCE. Here are the famous people whose lives overlapped with theirs.

Lived: c. 70–30 BCE
Lifespan: about 40 years
Born in, as it was then: Alexandria
On today’s map: Egypt

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Did you know?

When Cleopatra was born, Vitruvius was already about 10 years old.
Cleopatra was about 27 when Ovid was born.
Cleopatra and Julius Caesar (Roman general and dictator) shared about 26 years on Earth, one born in Egypt and the other in Italy.
Augustus outlived Cleopatra by about 43 years.

Famous contemporaries of Cleopatra

Rulers and commanders

Julius Caesar c. 100–44 BCE · 26 yrs shared
Augustus 63 BCE – 14 CE · 33 yrs shared
Cicero 107–43 BCE · 27 yrs shared
Mark Antony 83–30 BCE · 40 yrs shared
Tiberius 42 BCE – 37 CE · 12 yrs shared
Pompey 106–48 BCE · 22 yrs shared

Philosophers and scientists

Strabo c. 63 BCE – 23 CE · 33 yrs shared
Lucretius 94–55 BCE · 15 yrs shared
Posidonius 135–51 BCE · 19 yrs shared

Religion

Saint Anne trad. 55 BCE – 12 CE · 25 yrs shared

Writers and artists

Virgil 70–19 BCE · 40 yrs shared
Ovid 43 BCE – 17 CE · 13 yrs shared
Horace 65–8 BCE · 35 yrs shared
Vitruvius c. 80–15 BCE · 40 yrs shared
Catullus c. 84–54 BCE · 16 yrs shared
Diodorus Siculus c. 90–20 BCE · 40 yrs shared

Explorers and others

Livia c. 60 BCE – 29 CE · 30 yrs shared
Sextus Pompey c. 68–35 BCE · 33 yrs shared

Born within five years of Cleopatra

Virgil (70 BCE) · Horace (65 BCE) · Herod the Great (74 BCE) · Gaius Maecenas (70 BCE) · Sextus Pompey (68 BCE)

About Cleopatra

Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and the last active Hellenistic pharaoh. A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder, Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great. Cleopatra's first language was Koine Greek, and she is the only Ptolemaic ruler known to have learned the Egyptian language, among several others. After her death, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire, marking the end of the Hellenistic period, which had begun with the death of Alexander in 323 BC.

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