Who Was Alive

Were Xerxes I and Herodotus alive at the same time?

Yes. Xerxes I and Herodotus were alive at the same time, from c. 484 BC to 465 BC.

Xerxes I

Fifth Achaemenid emperor

Born 519 BC · died August 465 BC, aged 53 or 54

Herodotus

Greek historian and geographer

Born c. 484 BC · died c. 425 BC

  1. Confucius
  2. Aeschylus
  3. Xerxes I
  4. Sophocles
  5. Herodotus
  6. Socrates
  7. Hippocrates
  8. Aristophanes
Xerxes I and Herodotus 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.