Who Was Alive

Were Spartacus and Julius Caesar alive at the same time?

Yes. Spartacus and Julius Caesar were alive at the same time for 28 years, from 100 BC to 71 BC.

Spartacus was 2 or 3 when Julius Caesar was born.

Julius Caesar was 28 when Spartacus died, aged 31 or 32.

Spartacus

Thracian gladiator who led a slave uprising against the Roman Republic

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

Julius Caesar

Roman general and dictator

Born July 100 BC · died 15 March 44 BC, aged 55

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