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Who was alive in 70?

162 well-known people were alive in 70, including Plutarch, Tacitus, Pliny the Elder. Here are the 80 most notable:

• Plutarch (40–120) — Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)
• Tacitus (55–120) — Roman historian and senator (c. 56 – c. 120)
• Pliny the Elder (20–79) — Roman military commander and writer (AD23/24–79)
• Epictetus (50–138) — Greek Stoic philosopher (c. 50–c. 138)
• Trajan (53–117) — 13th Roman Emperor (98–117)
• Vespasian (9–79) — ninth Roman Emperor and founder of the Flavian dynasty (69–79)
• Matthew the Apostle (10–74) — Christian evangelist and apostle (10-74)
• Titus (39–81) — tenth Roman Emperor (79–81)
• Juvenal (55–) — early 2nd century Roman poet
• Pliny the Younger (61–113) — Roman lawyer, author and magistrate (61 – c.113)
• Linus (10–79) — 2nd Pope of the Catholic Church
• Domitian (51–96) — 11th Roman Emperor (81–96)
• Suetonius (69–126) — late 1st/early 2nd-century Roman historian
• Josephus (37–100) — Roman–Jewish historian and military leader (c. 37–c. 100)
• Thomas the Apostle (1–72) — one of the Twelve Apostles in the New Testament
• Anacletus (25–90) — 3rd pope and bishop of Rome from c. 79 to c. 92 AD
• Martial (40–104) — 1st-century Latin poet from Hispania
• Sixtus I (42–126) — 7th Pope of the Catholic Church
• Nerva (30–98) — 12th Roman Emperor (96–98)
• Quintilian (35–96) — 1st century Hispanic-born Roman educator and rhetorician
• Hero of Alexandria (10–75) — ancient Greek mathematician and engineer
• Ignatius of Antioch (35–108) — late 1st/early 2nd century Christian author and Patriarch of Antioch
• Cai Lun (48–121) — Chinese official credited with inventing paper (died 121)
• Quintus Curtius Rufus (50–100) — Roman historian
• Publius Papinius Statius (45–96) — 1st century AD Roman poet
• Polycarp (69–155) — Christian bishop of Smyrna
• John the Evangelist (10–98) — author of the Gospel of John; traditionally identified with John the Apostle of Jesus, John of Patmos (author of Revelation), and John the Presbyter
• James the Just (62–100) — Jewish bishop of Jerusalem figure in Early Christianity
• Timothy (17–97) — 1st century Christian evangelist, philosopher and bishop
• Pedanius Dioscorides (40–90) — Greco-Roman physician and pharmacologist (AD c.40-90)
• Apollonius of Tyana (15–100) — 1st century AD Greek Neopythagorean philosopher
• Akiva ben Joseph (50–135) — Jewish scholar and sage (c. 50 – c.135)
• Columella (4–70) — Roman writer on agriculture
• Silius Italicus (26–101) — 1st-century AD Roman senator, orator and poet (26–101)
• Apollodorus of Damascus (50–120) — 2nd century Syrian Roman architect and engineer
• Marcus Manilius (50–100) — 1st century Roman writer
• Pomponius Mela (15–100) — Roman geographer of the first century
• Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40–93) — Roman governor and general, AD 40-93 (40-93)
• Simon bar Kokhba (50–135) — Jewish leader
• Frontinus (30–103) — Roman civil engineer, author, soldier and senator (c. 30 – 103 AD)
• Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45–95) — 1st-century Roman poet and writer
• Wang Chong (27–97) — 1st century Chinese meteorologist, astronomer, and philosopher
• Dio Chrysostom (40–120) — Greek orator, writer, philosopher and historian (c. 40 – c. 115)
• Ban Zhao (45–116) — late 1st/early 2nd century Chinese historian, philosopher and scholar
• Saint Titus (13–107) — early Christian missionary and church leader
• Papias of Hierapolis (60–140) — Greek Apostolic Father, Bishop of Hierapolis and author (c.60-c.130 AD)
• Vologases I of Parthia (25–78) — Parthian king 51-ca. 78 CE
• Agrippa II (27–100) — king of Chalcis (Syria) from Herodian dynasty (28-100)
• Zacchaeus (50–100) — Jewish Christian disciple and apostle (fl. 1. century)
• Nicomachus (60–120) — Greco-Syrian mathematician (c. 60 – c. 120 AD)
• Lucius Annaeus Florus (70–140) — 2nd century Roman historian and poet
• Gaius Musonius Rufus (25–95) — 1st century AD Roman Stoic philosopher
• Ban Gu (32–92) — Chinese historian, politician and poet (AD 32–92)
• Charaka (50–) — Indian physician and academic
• Pacorus II (50–105) — Parthian king
• Osroes I of Parthia (50–129) — Parthian king
• Gotarzes II of Parthia (51–100) — king of the Parthian Empire intermittently from 40 AD to 51 AD
• James the Less (62–100) — Christian saint
• Ban Chao (32–102) — Chinese military general, explorer and diplomat (32–102 CE)
• Emperor Ming of Han (28–75) — Emperor of the Han dynasty (AD 28-75) (ruled 58-75)
• Pompeia Plotina (70–121) — Roman Empress as the wife of Emperor Trajan
• Berenice (28–80) — 1st century CE member of the Herodian Dynasty that ruled the Roman province of Judaea
• Kujula Kadphises (20–80) — Founder of the Kushan empire (30–80)
• Vologases II of Parthia (50–80) — 1st century AD Parthian prince
• Emperor Zhang of Han (57–88) — Emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty (AD 56 – 88) (ruled 75 – 88)
• Rhadamistus (58–100) — 1st century AD ruler of the Kingdom of Armenia
• Ananias of Damascus (60–100) — one of the Seventy Disciples of Jesus
• Pontius Pilate's wife (6–81) — ancient Roman woman and saint
• Gaius Julius Civilis (25–100) — leader of the Batavian rebellion against the Romans in 69 AD
• Domitia Longina (55–126) — Roman empress, wife of emperor Domitian (c. AD 53/55 - c.126/130)
• Philemon (70–100) — New Testament person
• Antonius Felix (10–100) — 1st century Roman politician and procurator of the Judea Province
• Menelaus of Alexandria (70–140) — Greek mathematician and astronomer
• Asconius Pedianus (8 BC–76) — Roman historian (BC 9 - AD 76)
• John of Patmos (50–100) — Christian saint and author of the Book of Revelation
• Amanitore (30–80) — queen of the ancient Kushitic Kingdom of Meroë or Nubia
• Zhang Daoling (34–) — legendary Han dynasty Chinese Taoist leader, grandfather of Zhang Lu
• Statilia Messalina (30–) — third wife to Roman Emperor Nero
• Pharasmanes II of Iberia (50–132) — 2nd century king of Iberia (Kartli)
• Epaphroditus (69–100) — Biblical figure, saint

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