Anthemius of Tralles

Physicist and architect

Born c. AD 474 · died c. AD 534
Also known as Anthemios of Tralles, Anthemius

Who was alive at the same time as Anthemius of Tralles?

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Born during Anthemius of Tralles’s lifetime: Justinian I, Boethius, Benedict of Nursia, Pope Pelagius II, Pope Pelagius I, Pope Benedict I, Pope Silverius and Pope Agapetus I.

Not quite contemporaries: Pope Gregory I was born about a year after Anthemius of Tralles died, Pope Leo I died about 11 years before Anthemius of Tralles was born, Saint Patrick died about 9 years before Anthemius of Tralles was born and Pope Boniface IV was born about 11 years after Anthemius of Tralles died.

Where Anthemius of Tralles’s contemporaries were born

Anthemius of Tralles is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (53 of 66 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Anthemius of Tralles: Tralleis
Pope Gelasius I: Africa
Pope Simplicius: Tivoli
Zeno: Zenopolis in Isauria
Julius Nepos: Dalmatia
Pope Felix III: Rome
Pope Hormisdas: Frosinone
Theodoric the Great: Carnuntum
Pope Symmachus: Sardinia
Pope John I: Siena
Pope John II: Rome
Aryabhata: Pataliputra
Pope Silverius: Frosinone
Boethius: Rome
Benedict of Nursia: Norcia
Justinian I: Tauresium
Pope Agapetus I: Rome
Chlothar I: Soissons
Pope Pelagius I: Rome
Belisarius: Sapareva Banya
Pope Pelagius II: Rome
Pope Benedict I: Rome
Khosrow I: Ardestan
Gaiseric: Lake Balaton
Theodora: Paphlagonia
Anastasius I Dicorus: Durrës
Proclus: Constantinople
Justin II: Constantinople
Cassiodorus: Scylletium
Tiberius II Constantine: Thrace
Columba: County Donegal
Glycerius: Dalmatia
Sidonius Apollinaris: Lugdunum
Childebert I: Reims
Amalasuintha: Ravenna
Abd al-Muttalib: Medina
Totila: Treviso
Genevieve: Nanterre
Brendan the Navigator: Fenit
John Malalas: Antioch
Syagrius: Lyon
Kavad I: Ctesiphon
Narses: Constantinople
Clotilde: Lyon
Gelimer: Africa
Radegund: Erfurt
Movses Khorenatsi: Harman
Isidore of Miletus: Miletus
Imru' al-Qais: Najd
Gildas: Cheshire
Brigid of Kildare: Faughart
Saint David: Pembrokeshire
Zu Chongzhi: Jiankang

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The 65 best-known contemporaries

65 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Anthemius of Tralles. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 505.

Justinian I AD 482 – AD 565
Aryabhata AD 476 – AD 550
Boethius c. AD 480 – AD 524
Benedict of Nursia AD 480 – AD 547
Clovis I c. AD 466 – AD 511
Theodoric the Great AD 454 – AD 526
Pope Gelasius I AD 410 – AD 496
Pope Hormisdas AD 450 – AD 523
Pope John I c. AD 470 – AD 526
Pope Pelagius II c. AD 520 – AD 590
Pope John II AD 470 – AD 535
Pope Pelagius I c. AD 505 – AD 561
Pope Benedict I c. AD 526 – AD 579
Pope Simplicius c. AD 420 – AD 483
Pope Symmachus c. AD 460 – AD 514
Pope Silverius AD 477 – AD 537
Odoacer c. AD 433 – AD 493
Pope Felix III c. AD 440 – AD 492
Pope Agapetus I 490s – AD 536
Belisarius c. AD 505 – AD 565
Julius Nepos AD 430 – AD 480
Zeno AD 425 – AD 491
Chlothar I AD 498 – AD 561
Khosrow I AD 501 – AD 579
Gaiseric AD 389 – AD 477
Justin I AD 450 – AD 527
Theodora c. AD 500 – AD 548
Anastasius I Dicorus AD 430 – AD 518
Proclus AD 412 – AD 485
Justin II c. AD 520 – AD 578
Cassiodorus c. AD 487 – AD 583
Tiberius II Constantine c. AD 520 – AD 582
Columba AD 521 – AD 597
Childeric I c. AD 436 – c. AD 481
Glycerius AD 430 – 480s
Sidonius Apollinaris c. AD 430 – c. AD 489
Chlodomer c. AD 495 – AD 524
Childebert I c. AD 497 – AD 558
Amalasuintha AD 498 – AD 535
Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 497 – AD 579
Alaric II c. AD 463 – AD 507
Totila c. AD 510 – AD 552
Charibert I c. AD 520 – c. AD 568
Genevieve AD 423 – AD 502
Zosimus c. AD 460 – c. AD 520
Dionysius Exiguus c. AD 475 – c. AD 549
Theuderic I c. AD 485 – AD 534
Brendan the Navigator c. AD 486 – AD 577
John Malalas c. AD 491 – c. AD 578
Syagrius c. AD 430 – c. AD 487
Athalaric AD 516 – AD 534
Euric AD 420 – AD 484
Kavad I AD 473 – AD 531
Narses AD 478 – c. AD 572
Theudebert I c. AD 500 – AD 548
Clotilde AD 474 – AD 545
Gelimer c. AD 480 – AD 553
Radegund AD 518 – AD 587
Movses Khorenatsi c. AD 410 – c. AD 489
Isidore of Miletus AD 442 – AD 537
Imru' al-Qais c. AD 501 – c. AD 544
Gildas AD 500 – AD 570
Brigid of Kildare c. AD 452 – c. AD 525
Saint David AD 512 – AD 589
Zu Chongzhi AD 429 – AD 501