Livia Drusilla
59 BC – 29 · 87 years · Rome · Europe
Wife and adviser of Augustus and mother of Emperor Tiberius, one of the most powerful women in Roman history.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Augustus — first Roman emperor, 4 years older
- Julius Caesar — Roman general and dictator, 41 years older
- Virgil — Roman poet, 11 years older
- Cicero — Roman orator and statesman, 47 years older
- Pompey the Great — Roman general and statesman, 47 years older
Middle East
- Paul the Apostle — apostle and Christian missionary, 64 years younger
- Herod the Great — king of Judea, 13 years older
Africa
- Cleopatra — last queen of Ptolemaic Egypt, 10 years older
- Amanirenas — queen (kandake) of Kush, 1 year older
The world in their lifetime
- 58 BC–50 BC Caesar's conquest of Gaul — aged 1, Europe
- 44 BC Assassination of Julius Caesar — aged 15, Europe
- 31 BC Battle of Actium — aged 28, Europe
- 30 BC Death of Cleopatra — aged 29, Africa
- 27 BC Octavian becomes Augustus — aged 32, Europe
- c. 4 BC Nativity of Jesus — aged 55, Middle East
- 9 Battle of the Teutoburg Forest — aged 67, Europe