Who Was Alive

Nero

Fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)

Born 15 December AD 37 · died 9 June AD 68, aged 30

Who was alive at the same time as Nero?

  1. Claudius
  2. Galba
  3. Saint Peter
  4. Paul the Apostle
  5. Vespasian
  6. Mark the Evangelist
  7. Linus
  8. Caligula
  9. Pliny the Elder
  10. Anacletus
  11. Josephus
  12. Nero
  13. Martial
  14. Titus
  15. Plutarch
  16. Epictetus
  17. Domitian
  18. Tacitus
  19. Trajan
  20. Pliny the Younger
Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Nero was born, Saint Peter was 36 or 37, Caligula was 25, Vespasian was 28, Claudius was 46 and Linus was 26 or 27.

When Nero died, Trajan was 14, Vespasian was 58, Titus was 28, Domitian was 16 and Linus was 57 or 58.

Born during Nero’s lifetime: Plutarch, Tacitus, Epictetus, Trajan, Titus, Pliny the Younger, Domitian and Martial.

Not quite contemporaries: Tiberius died months before Nero was born, Strabo died 13 years before Nero was born and Hadrian was born 8 years after Nero died.

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