Who is the oldest space marine?

Bjorn the Fell Handed: Oldest living loyalist space marine around, he's been there since the Horus Heresy.
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Do Space Marines get old?

They do not age. They can effectively live for all eternity and fight forever as far as far as a combat effective Space Marine can. But, they will die, all Space Marines eventually at some point during their lifetimes will come accross a battle they will not survive. Death to a Space Marine is always a violent one.
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How old is the oldest astartes?

Dante is regularly noted as being the oldest living marine (at current 42nd Millennium timeline, I think he's up to 1500 or more) but there's a few other candidates - unfortunately, many of these are subject to similar warp time issues as the Chaos space marines, so it does get a bit messy as noted above.
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Who is the oldest Dreadnought 40K?

The oldest Dreadnought in the Imperium, Bjorn the Fell-Handed of the Space Wolves, was a member of the Primarch Leman Russ' retinue and fought in the Horus Heresy when he was still whole of body, making him well over 10,000 standard Terran years old.
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How old is Lord Commander Dante?

He is believed to be the oldest living Loyalist Space Marine as he is currently over 1,500 standard years old, with the exception of those Space Marines sustained by the cybernetic technology of Dreadnoughts, the use of temporal stasis or other technological means of extending Human life.
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How old is Logan Grimnar?

Grimnar has been the Great Wolf of the Space Wolves for over 500 of his 700 standard years of life and is one of the oldest Chapter Masters of a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter.
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Did Dante become Primaris?

There is one Space Marine that just wouldn't make sense to update over to a Primaris version, but he is probably in the minority for the chapter… Dante, the Chapter Master of the Blood Angels, was skipped in line for the GW Primaris support when Blood of Baal dropped.
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Who is the oldest human in Warhammer 40k?

Well from what I know the oldest "living" character in 40k is the Emperor followed by Urien Rakarth and Asdrubael Vect (they both remember the fall which happend around 31. M). Eldrad claims to be older, witnessing the Aeldari pre-fall and knowing plenty of the ancients personally when they walked the mortal path.
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How old is Bjorn Warhammer?

He still fights for the Space Wolves and the Imperium to this day. Over 10,000 years old at this point, Bjorn is clearly one of the oldest Space Marines still “alive” and kicking.
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Who is the strongest Space Marine?

Ultramarines. The Ultramarines are considered one of the strongest and most honoured of all the Space Marine Chapters in the Imperium of Man, and were responsible for almost single-handedly holding the Imperium together after the Horus Heresy.
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Can Space Marine retire?

So Astartes never retire. They are made into ceaseless warriors, defending the Imperium and serving the will of the Emperor. There does not seem to be an observable age when their bodies break down. Dante, Commander of the Blood Angels, has lived and been fighting for more than 1,500 years.
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Who was the first Astartes?

The First Founding of the Space Marine Legions, also called the Legiones Astartes, occurred in the late 30th Millennium after the end of the Age of Strife and during the Unification Wars that founded the Imperium of Man on Terra.
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Is Space Marine immortal?

Due to the aforementioned gene-seed, Space Marines are nearly immortal when it comes to aging. While their life expectancy is greatly hindered as they engross their lives in war, after reaching adulthood, Space Marine's essentially cease aging.
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How old are astartes?

The average age of a Space Marine who is dutiful to the Emperor and repelling enemies of the Empire is about 300-350 years. No Space Marine has ever been reported of dying of old age and all of them expect to die in battle against enemies of the Empire.
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Will there be a Space Marine 2?

Saber Interactive's Space Marine sequel was announced at last year's The Game Awards with a fancy CGI trailer that confirmed the return of Ultramarines hard man Captain Titus, as well as a few GIFs' worth of gameplay.
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How tall is an astartes?

I generally accept that the average Astartes is about 7 feet tall, Primaris about 8, Custodes 9, Primarchs vary more, but 10-11 feet on average (Vulcan you too damn tall XD), and Big E being 15ish (Though with E and the Alpha Primarchs it's harder to judge since they can use Psyker powers to change their appearance at ...
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What kind of dreadnought is Bjorn?

Bjorn the Fell-Handed is an ancient Space Wolves Dreadnought. Among the Sons of Fenris he holds many titles: “Eldest”, “Trueclaw”, “Revered One” and “Last of the Company of Russ” among them. He is the oldest warrior in the Imperium, and has been the salvation of his Chapter time and time again.
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Do custodes have dreadnoughts?

The Contemptor-Galatus Dreadnought is a sub-variant of the Contemptor-Achillus Dreadnought utilised exclusively by the Legio Custodes during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras.
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Will the Imperium of Man Fall?

Most of the Imperium of Man will collapse, as it consolidates and tries desperately to protect Terra and the God Emperor.
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How is CAWL still alive?

Archmagos Dominus Belisarius Cawl has been alive since the time of the Horus Heresy, though how he managed to maintain his life over more than ten thousand years is unknown. Even the most advanced Rejuvenat and augmetic systems cannot normally maintain an organic human mind for such a long period.
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Is Kelbor Hal still alive?

In exile, the Dark Mechanicum became even more enthralled to the power of the Warp and heretical technologies. The ultimate fate of the traitorous Fabricator-General Kelbor-Hal in the final days of the Heresy is currently unknown.
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Can Blood Angels grow wings?

From what I know the wings were caused by the radiation on Baal. But considering that there are plenty of blood angels on Baal and they don't grow those wings despite the fact that they're basically min-sanguinius's it begs the question as to why they don't have them.
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Is Uriel a Ventris Primaris?

Captain Uriel Ventris of the 4th Company of the Ultramarines after crossing the Rubicon Primaris and becoming a Primaris Space Marine.
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Is the Sanguinor Sanguinius?

The Sanguinor, also known as the Exemplar of the Host, is a mysterious entity of unknown origin that is associated with the Blood Angels Space Marines Chapter, and has been named after Sanguinius, the Blood Angels' martyred primarch.
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