Parallel Lives - Chronology of The Lives

Chronology of The Lives

The following chronology of legendary and historical figures whose biographies appear in the Lives is organized by date of death, as birth dates in antiquity are more often uncertain. All dates are BC except Galba and Otho.

  • Theseus 1234–1204 (myth)
  • Romulus 771 – 717 (myth)
  • Numa Pompilius d. 673 (Semi-Legendary)
  • Lycurgus circa 700 – 630 (Semi-Legendary)
  • Solon 638 – 558
  • Poplicola d. 503
  • Coriolanus c. 475
  • Aristides 530 – 468
  • Themistocles 524- 459
  • Cimon 510 – 450
  • Pericles 495 - 429
  • Artaxerxes d. 424
  • Nicias 470 – 413
  • Alcibiades 450 - 404
  • Lysander d. 395
  • Camillus 446 - 365
  • Pelopidas d. 364
  • Agesilaus 444 – 360
  • Dion 408 - 354
  • Timoleon 411 - 337
  • Alexander the Great 356 - 323
  • Demosthenes 384 - 322
  • Phocion 402 – 318
  • Eumenes 362 - 316
  • Demetrius d. 283
  • Pyrrhus 318 - 272
  • Agis c. 245
  • Cleomenes d. 219
  • Aratus 271 – 213
  • Marcellus 268 - 208
  • Fabius Maximus 275 – 203
  • Philopoemen 253 - 183
  • Flamininus 228 - 174
  • Aemilius Paulus 229-160
  • Cato the Elder 234 – 149
  • Tiberius Gracchus 163 - 133
  • Gaius Gracchus 154 - 121
  • Gaius Marius 157 - 86
  • Sulla 138 - 78
  • Sertorius b. c. 123 – d. 72
  • Lucullus 118 - 56
  • Crassus 115 - 53
  • Pompey 106 - 48
  • Cato the Younger 95 – 46
  • Julius Caesar 100 or 102 - 44
  • Cicero 106 – 43
  • Brutus 85 – 42
  • Mark Antony 83 - 30
  • Galba 3 BC – 69 AD
  • Otho 32 AD – 69 AD

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