Who Was Alive

Were Cicero and Lucretius alive at the same time?

Yes. Cicero and Lucretius were alive at the same time for 38 or 39 years, from BC to 55 BC.

Cicero was 11 or 12 when Lucretius was born.

Cicero was 51 when Lucretius died, aged 38 or 39.

Cicero

Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher

Born 3 January 106 BC · died 7 December 43 BC, aged 63

Lucretius

1st-century BC Roman poet and philosopher

Born 94 BC · died 15 October 55 BC, aged 38 or 39

  1. Cicero
  2. Julius Caesar
  3. Lucretius
  4. Cleopatra
  5. Virgil
  6. Augustus
  7. Ovid
Cicero and Lucretius in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.