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Amalasuintha
Michel Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (Text: Hartmann Schedel ), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Amalasuintha

Monarch of Italy

Born AD 498 · died AD 535
Also known as Amalasuntha, Amalasuentha, Amalasontha

Who was alive at the same time as Amalasuintha?

  1. Anastasius I Dicorus, AD 430 – AD 518
  2. Justin I, AD 450 – AD 527
  3. Pope Hormisdas, AD 450 – AD 523
  4. Theodoric the Great, AD 454 – AD 526
  5. Pope Symmachus, c. AD 460 – AD 514
  6. Clovis I, c. AD 466 – AD 511
  7. Pope John I, c. AD 470 – AD 526
  8. Pope John II, AD 470 – AD 535
  9. Aryabhata, AD 476 – AD 550
  10. Pope Silverius, AD 477 – AD 537
  11. Boethius, c. AD 480 – AD 524
  12. Benedict of Nursia, AD 480 – AD 547
  13. Justinian I, AD 482 – AD 565
  14. Pope Agapetus I, 490s – AD 536
  15. Theodora, c. AD 500 – AD 548
  16. Amalasuintha, AD 498 – AD 535
  17. Chlothar I, AD 498 – AD 561
  18. Khosrow I, AD 501 – AD 579
  19. Pope Pelagius I, c. AD 505 – AD 561
  20. Belisarius, c. AD 505 – AD 565
  21. Pope Pelagius II, c. AD 520 – AD 590
  22. Justin II, c. AD 520 – AD 578
  23. Pope Benedict I, c. AD 526 – AD 579
  24. Pope Sabinian, c. AD 530 – AD 606

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When Amalasuintha was born, Justinian I was 15 or 16, Aryabhata was 21 or 22, Benedict of Nursia was 17 or 18, Theodoric the Great was 43 or 44 and Pope Hormisdas was 47 or 48.

When Amalasuintha died, Justinian I was 52 or 53, Benedict of Nursia was 54 or 55, Khosrow I was 33 or 34, Columba was 13 or 14 and Saint David was 22 or 23.

Born during Amalasuintha’s lifetime: Pope Pelagius II, Pope Pelagius I, Pope Benedict I, Belisarius, Pope Sabinian, Khosrow I, Justin II and Tiberius II Constantine.

Not quite contemporaries: Pope Gregory I was born about 2 years after Amalasuintha died, Pope Gelasius I died about 2 years before Amalasuintha was born, Pope Simplicius died about 15 years before Amalasuintha was born and Odoacer died about 5 years before Amalasuintha was born.

Where Amalasuintha’s contemporaries were born

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The 54 best-known contemporaries

54 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Amalasuintha. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 517.

  1. Justinian I AD 482 – AD 565
  2. Aryabhata AD 476 – AD 550
  3. Boethius c. AD 480 – AD 524
  4. Benedict of Nursia AD 480 – AD 547
  5. Clovis I c. AD 466 – AD 511
  6. Theodoric the Great AD 454 – AD 526
  7. Pope Hormisdas AD 450 – AD 523
  8. Pope John I c. AD 470 – AD 526
  9. Pope Pelagius II c. AD 520 – AD 590
  10. Pope John II AD 470 – AD 535
  11. Pope Pelagius I c. AD 505 – AD 561
  12. Pope Benedict I c. AD 526 – AD 579
  13. Pope Symmachus c. AD 460 – AD 514
  14. Pope Silverius AD 477 – AD 537
  15. Pope Agapetus I 490s – AD 536
  16. Belisarius c. AD 505 – AD 565
  17. Pope Sabinian c. AD 530 – AD 606
  18. Chlothar I AD 498 – AD 561
  19. Khosrow I AD 501 – AD 579
  20. Justin I AD 450 – AD 527
  21. Theodora c. AD 500 – AD 548
  22. Anastasius I Dicorus AD 430 – AD 518
  23. Justin II c. AD 520 – AD 578
  24. Cassiodorus c. AD 487 – AD 583
  25. Tiberius II Constantine c. AD 520 – AD 582
  26. Columba AD 521 – AD 597
  27. Chlodomer c. AD 495 – AD 524
  28. Childebert I c. AD 497 – AD 558
  29. Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 497 – AD 579
  30. Alaric II c. AD 463 – AD 507
  31. Totila c. AD 510 – AD 552
  32. Charibert I c. AD 520 – c. AD 568
  33. Genevieve AD 423 – AD 502
  34. Zosimus c. AD 460 – c. AD 520
  35. Dionysius Exiguus c. AD 475 – c. AD 549
  36. Theuderic I c. AD 485 – AD 534
  37. Brendan the Navigator c. AD 486 – AD 577
  38. John Malalas c. AD 491 – c. AD 578
  39. Guntram c. AD 532 – c. AD 593
  40. Athalaric AD 516 – AD 534
  41. Kavad I AD 473 – AD 531
  42. Narses AD 478 – c. AD 572
  43. Theudebert I c. AD 500 – AD 548
  44. Anthemius of Tralles c. AD 474 – c. AD 534
  45. Clotilde AD 474 – AD 545
  46. Gelimer c. AD 480 – AD 553
  47. Radegund AD 518 – AD 587
  48. Isidore of Miletus AD 442 – AD 537
  49. Imru' al-Qais c. AD 501 – c. AD 544
  50. Gildas AD 500 – AD 570
  51. Brigid of Kildare c. AD 452 – c. AD 525
  52. Saint David AD 512 – AD 589
  53. Alboin c. AD 529 – AD 572
  54. Zu Chongzhi AD 429 – AD 501