Roman–Parthian Wars 65 BC–217

Roman Republic ⚔ Parthian Empire

Who lived through the Roman–Parthian Wars

Well-known people alive during 65 BC–217:

• Jesus Christ (5 BC–30) — central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
• Julius Caesar (99 BC–43 BC) — Roman general and dictator
• Augustus (62 BC–14) — first emperor of the Roman Empire and founder of the Julio-Claudian dynasty
• Virgil (69 BC–18 BC) — Roman poet (1st century BC)
• Cicero (106 BC–42 BC) — Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
• Ovid (42 BC–17) — Roman poet (43 BC – 17/18 AD)
• Paul the Apostle (5–66) — Early Christian apostle and missionary (c. AD 5 – c. 64/65)
• Marcus Aurelius (121–180) — 16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
• Cleopatra (68 BC–29 BC) — queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BCE
• Horace (64 BC–7 BC) — Roman lyric poet (65 BC – 8 BC)
• Plutarch (40–120) — Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)
• Seneca (4 BC–65) — Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist (c. 4 BCE–65 CE)
• Saint Peter (0–65) — apostle of Jesus Christ
• Tacitus (55–120) — Roman historian and senator (c. 56 – c. 120)
• Ptolemy (100–170) — 2nd-century Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer
• Nero (37–68) — fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
• Galen (129–) — 2nd-century Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher
• Titus Livius (58 BC–17) — Roman historian (59 BC – AD 17)
• Caligula (12–41) — third Roman emperor (37–41)
• Pliny the Elder (20–79) — Roman military commander and writer (AD23/24–79)
• Lucretius (93 BC–54 BC) — 1st-century BC Roman poet and philosopher
• Nagarjuna (150–250) — 3rd-century Indian Buddhist philosopher
• Catullus (83 BC–53 BC) — lyric Latin poet of the Roman Republic
• Tiberius (41 BC–37) — second Roman Emperor from 14 to 37 AD
• Epictetus (50–138) — Greek Stoic philosopher (c. 50–c. 138)

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