Who Was Alive

Were Cicero and Pompey alive at the same time?

Yes. Cicero and Pompey were alive at the same time for 57 or 58 years, from 106 BC to 48 BC.

Cicero was under a year old when Pompey was born.

Cicero was 58 when Pompey died, aged 57 or 58.

Cicero

Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher

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

Pompey

Roman general and statesman

Born 29–30 September 106 BC · died 28 September 48 BC, aged 57 or 58

  1. Cicero
  2. Pompey
  3. Julius Caesar
  4. Cleopatra
  5. Virgil
  6. Augustus
  7. Ovid
Cicero and Pompey 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.