Who Was Alive

Were Cicero and Spartacus alive at the same time?

Yes. Cicero and Spartacus were alive at the same time for 31 or 32 years, from 103 BC to 71 BC.

Cicero was 2 or 3 when Spartacus was born.

Cicero was 35 when Spartacus died, aged 31 or 32.

Cicero

Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher

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

Spartacus

Thracian gladiator who led a slave uprising against the Roman Republic

Born 103 BC · died April 71 BC, aged 31 or 32

  1. Sima Qian
  2. Cicero
  3. Spartacus
  4. Julius Caesar
  5. Lucretius
  6. Catullus
  7. Cleopatra
  8. Virgil
  9. Augustus
  10. Ovid
Cicero and Spartacus 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.