Timeline: Timeline of Horace and his Contemporaries

100 BCE

Julius Caesar Birth

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

85 BCE

Brutus Birth

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

70 BCE

Vergil Birth

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

69 BCE

Cleopatra Birth

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

63 BCE

Octavian Birth

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

49 BCE

Julius Caesar is Appointed Dictator

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

49 BCE

Brutus is Spared by Julius Caesar

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).

44 BCE

Julius Caesar Dies

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.

42 BCE

Brutus Dies

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

36 BCE

Cleopatra Marries Mark Anthony

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

30 BCE

Cleopatra Dies

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.

29 BCE

Vergil Writes the Aeneid

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

19 BCE

Vergil Dies

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.

14 BCE