Timeline of Horace and his Contemporaries

Julius Caesar Birth

100 BCE

Julius Caesar is born to Roman aristocrats Gaius and Aurelia Caesar in Rome, Italy.

Brutus Birth

85 BCE

Brutus was born in Macedonia in 85 BC but was raised by his uncle, Cato the Younger.

Vergil Birth

70 BCE

Vergil is born to working class Roman colonists in Vergilio, Lombardy, Italy.

Cleopatra Birth

69 BCE

Cleopatra is born in 69 BC in Alexandria, Egypt to the Ptolemaic dynasty

Octavian Birth

63 BCE

Octavian was born in 63 BC to the parents Gaius Octavius and Atia Balba Caesonia in Rome, Italy.

Julius Caesar is Appointed Dictator

49 BCE

Julius Caesar is appointed dictator but resigns after 11 days only to be reappointed the following year.

Brutus is Spared by Julius Caesar

49 BCE

Following Caesar's victory at the Battle of Pharsalus, instead of executing Brutus, he decided to spare him if he swore allegiance to the Roman Republic (this came back to bite Caesar).

Julius Caesar Dies

44 BCE

Julius Caesar was stabbed by Senators of the Roman Republic because they believed that Caesar had too much power and had to be stopped before he became too powerful. This is known as the Ides of March.

Brutus Dies

42 BCE

Following the defeat at the Battle Philippi, Brutus committed suicide by running into a sword being held by two of his fellow soldiers.

Cleopatra Marries Mark Anthony

36 BCE

Mark Anthony visits Cleopatra after four years of absence and decides to marry her.

Cleopatra Dies

30 BCE

Cleopatra was taken prisoner and fearing being paraded in the streets and what might happen to hear, she killed herself by letting a snake bite her.

Vergil Writes the Aeneid

29 BCE

Vergil starts to compose his greatest work, The Aeneid, until his death in 19 BC.

Vergil Dies

19 BCE

While meeting with Augustus in Athens, Vergil journeyed home but caught a fever. He eventually died in the harbor of Brundisium on September 21, 19 BC.

Octavian Dies

14 BCE

Octavian dies in Nola, Italy in 14 BC.