Martial · Tacitus Were Martial and Tacitus alive at the same time? Yes. Martial and Tacitus were alive at the same time, from c. AD 55 to AD 104. Martial1st-century Latin poet from HispaniaBorn AD 38–41 · died AD 104TacitusRoman historian and senatorBorn c. AD 55 · died c. AD 120 Saint PeterPaul the ApostleNeroMartialPlutarchTacitusPtolemy Martial and Tacitus 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.