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Apollonius of Tyana
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Apollonius of Tyana

Philosopher

Born c. AD 15 · died c. AD 100
Also known as Apollonius Tyanensis

Who was alive at the same time as Apollonius of Tyana?

  1. Strabo, c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  2. Tiberius, 42 BC – AD 37
  3. Claudius, 10 BC – AD 54
  4. Galba, 3 BC – AD 69
  5. Saint Peter, BC – c. AD 66
  6. Paul the Apostle, c. AD 5 – c. AD 66
  7. Vespasian, AD 9 – AD 79
  8. Mark the Evangelist, c. AD 15 – AD 68
  9. Pope Linus, AD 10 – AD 79
  10. Caligula, AD 12 – AD 41
  11. Apollonius of Tyana, c. AD 15 – c. AD 100
  12. Pliny the Elder, 20s – AD 79
  13. Pope Anacletus, c. AD 25 – 90s
  14. Josephus, AD 37 – c. AD 100
  15. Nero, AD 37 – AD 68
  16. Titus, AD 39 – AD 81
  17. Plutarch, c. AD 45 – c. AD 120
  18. Epictetus, c. AD 50 – c. AD 131
  19. Domitian, AD 51 – AD 96
  20. Tacitus, c. AD 55 – c. AD 120
  21. Trajan, AD 53 – c. AD 117
  22. Pliny the Younger, c. AD 61 – c. AD 113
  23. Hadrian, AD 76 – AD 138
  24. Antoninus Pius, AD 86 – AD 161

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Born during Apollonius of Tyana’s lifetime: Plutarch, Tacitus, Nero, Pliny the Elder, Epictetus, Trajan, Hadrian and Titus.

Not quite contemporaries: Lucian was born about 15 years after Apollonius of Tyana died, Herod the Great died about 13 years before Apollonius of Tyana was born, Pausanias was born about 6 years after Apollonius of Tyana died and Antinous was born about 6 years after Apollonius of Tyana died.

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The 77 best-known contemporaries

77 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Apollonius of Tyana. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 57.

  1. Paul the Apostle c. AD 5 – c. AD 66
  2. Plutarch c. AD 45 – c. AD 120
  3. Saint Peter BC – c. AD 66
  4. Tacitus c. AD 55 – c. AD 120
  5. Nero AD 37 – AD 68
  6. Caligula AD 12 – AD 41
  7. Pliny the Elder 20s – AD 79
  8. Tiberius 42 BC – AD 37
  9. Epictetus c. AD 50 – c. AD 131
  10. Strabo c. 63 BC – c. AD 23
  11. Trajan AD 53 – c. AD 117
  12. Vespasian AD 9 – AD 79
  13. Hadrian AD 76 – AD 138
  14. Claudius 10 BC – AD 54
  15. Titus AD 39 – AD 81
  16. Pliny the Younger c. AD 61 – c. AD 113
  17. Domitian AD 51 – AD 96
  18. Pope Linus AD 10 – AD 79
  19. Mark the Evangelist c. AD 15 – AD 68
  20. Josephus AD 37 – c. AD 100
  21. Antoninus Pius AD 86 – AD 161
  22. Galba 3 BC – AD 69
  23. Pope Anacletus c. AD 25 – 90s
  24. Martial c. AD 40 – AD 104
  25. Otho AD 32 – AD 69
  26. Petronius c. AD 27 – AD 66
  27. Pope Sixtus I c. AD 42 – 120s
  28. Vitellius AD 15 – AD 69
  29. Nerva AD 30 – AD 98
  30. Lucan AD 39 – AD 65
  31. Quintilian c. AD 35 – c. AD 96
  32. Hero of Alexandria c. AD 10 – c. AD 75
  33. Boudica c. AD 30 – c. AD 61
  34. Arminius c. 17 BC – c. AD 21
  35. Ignatius of Antioch c. AD 35 – c. AD 108
  36. Philo c. 15 BC – c. AD 50
  37. Saint Stephen c. AD 1 – c. AD 36
  38. Cai Lun c. AD 55 – AD 121
  39. Zhang Heng AD 78 – AD 139
  40. Appian c. AD 95 – c. AD 165
  41. Arrian c. AD 91 – c. AD 176
  42. Statius AD 45 – AD 96
  43. Polycarp c. AD 69 – AD 155
  44. John the Evangelist AD 10 – AD 98
  45. Germanicus 15 BC – AD 19
  46. Agrippina the Younger AD 15 – AD 59
  47. Seneca the Elder c. 54 BC – c. AD 39
  48. Saint Timothy AD 17 – AD 97
  49. Messalina AD 20 – AD 48
  50. Dioscorides c. AD 32 – c. AD 90
  51. Livia BC – AD 29
  52. Velleius Paterculus c. 19 BC – c. AD 31
  53. Persius AD 34 – AD 62
  54. Rabbi Akiva c. AD 50 – AD 135
  55. Kanishka AD 78 – AD 144
  56. Marcion of Sinope c. AD 90 – c. AD 160
  57. Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella AD 4 – AD 70
  58. Aśvaghoṣa AD 80 – AD 150
  59. Wang Mang c. 45 BC – AD 23
  60. Silius Italicus AD 26 – AD 101
  61. Herod Agrippa BC – AD 44
  62. Ban Zhao AD 45 – AD 116
  63. Juba II BC – AD 23
  64. Gnaeus Julius Agricola AD 40 – AD 93
  65. Agrippina the Elder BC – AD 33
  66. Frontinus c. AD 30 – AD 103
  67. Valerius Flaccus c. AD 45 – c. AD 95
  68. Saint Titus 10s – 100s
  69. Wang Chong AD 27 – AD 97
  70. Dio Chrysostom c. AD 40 – c. AD 120
  71. Sejanus 20 BC – AD 31
  72. Poppaea Sabina AD 30 – AD 65
  73. Florus c. AD 72 – c. AD 140
  74. Vologases I of Parthia AD 25 – c. AD 80
  75. Herod Agrippa II c. AD 27 – c. AD 100
  76. Claudia Octavia c. AD 40 – AD 62
  77. Nicomachus c. AD 60 – c. AD 120