Who Was Alive
Appian
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Appian

Roman historian

Born c. AD 95 · died c. AD 165
Also known as Appian of Alexandria, Appianus Alexandrinus, Appianòs Alexandreús

Who was alive at the same time as Appian?

  1. Nerva, AD 30 – AD 98
  2. Ignatius of Antioch, c. AD 35 – c. AD 108
  3. Josephus, AD 37 – c. AD 100
  4. Martial, c. AD 40 – AD 104
  5. Plutarch, c. AD 45 – c. AD 120
  6. Pope Sixtus I, c. AD 42 – 120s
  7. Epictetus, c. AD 50 – c. AD 131
  8. Tacitus, c. AD 55 – c. AD 120
  9. Trajan, AD 53 – c. AD 117
  10. Pliny the Younger, c. AD 61 – c. AD 113
  11. Hadrian, AD 76 – AD 138
  12. Antoninus Pius, AD 86 – AD 161
  13. Appian, c. AD 95 – c. AD 165
  14. Ptolemy, c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
  15. Lucian, c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
  16. Marcus Aurelius, AD 121 – AD 180
  17. Pertinax, AD 126 – AD 193
  18. Irenaeus, c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
  19. Didius Julianus, AD 133 – AD 193
  20. Septimius Severus, AD 146 – AD 211
  21. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  22. Clement of Alexandria, c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  23. Tertullian, c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  24. Commodus, AD 161 – AD 192

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Born during Appian’s lifetime: Marcus Aurelius, Ptolemy, Nagarjuna, Lucian, Tertullian, Septimius Severus, Commodus and Didius Julianus.

Not quite contemporaries: Pliny the Elder died about 13 years before Appian was born, Vespasian died about 13 years before Appian was born, Titus died about 11 years before Appian was born and Pope Linus died about 13 years before Appian was born.

Where Appian’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Appian

The 58 best-known contemporaries

58 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Appian. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 130.

  1. Marcus Aurelius AD 121 – AD 180
  2. Plutarch c. AD 45 – c. AD 120
  3. Tacitus c. AD 55 – c. AD 120
  4. Ptolemy c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
  5. Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  6. Epictetus c. AD 50 – c. AD 131
  7. Trajan AD 53 – c. AD 117
  8. Hadrian AD 76 – AD 138
  9. Lucian c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
  10. Pliny the Younger c. AD 61 – c. AD 113
  11. Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  12. Josephus AD 37 – c. AD 100
  13. Antoninus Pius AD 86 – AD 161
  14. Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
  15. Martial c. AD 40 – AD 104
  16. Pope Sixtus I c. AD 42 – 120s
  17. Commodus AD 161 – AD 192
  18. Nerva AD 30 – AD 98
  19. Didius Julianus AD 133 – AD 193
  20. Pertinax AD 126 – AD 193
  21. Irenaeus c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
  22. Ignatius of Antioch c. AD 35 – c. AD 108
  23. Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  24. Lucius Verus AD 130 – AD 169
  25. Cai Lun c. AD 55 – AD 121
  26. Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
  27. Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
  28. Justin Martyr c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  29. Zhang Heng AD 78 – AD 139
  30. Arrian c. AD 91 – c. AD 176
  31. Pausanias c. AD 113 – c. AD 180
  32. Polycarp c. AD 69 – AD 155
  33. John the Evangelist AD 10 – AD 98
  34. Aulus Gellius c. AD 130 – c. AD 180
  35. Apollonius of Tyana c. AD 15 – c. AD 100
  36. Rabbi Akiva c. AD 50 – AD 135
  37. Kanishka AD 78 – AD 144
  38. Marcion of Sinope c. AD 90 – c. AD 160
  39. Tatian c. AD 120 – c. AD 173
  40. Aśvaghoṣa AD 80 – AD 150
  41. Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
  42. Clodius Albinus AD 150 – AD 197
  43. Silius Italicus AD 26 – AD 101
  44. Antinous c. AD 111 – AD 130
  45. Ban Zhao AD 45 – AD 116
  46. Gaius c. 120s – c. AD 180
  47. Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
  48. Frontinus c. AD 30 – AD 103
  49. Saint Titus 10s – 100s
  50. Dio Chrysostom c. AD 40 – c. AD 120
  51. Papinian AD 142 – c. AD 212
  52. Florus c. AD 72 – c. AD 140
  53. Marcus Cornelius Fronto c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  54. Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
  55. Herod Agrippa II c. AD 27 – c. AD 100
  56. Nicomachus c. AD 60 – c. AD 120
  57. Herodes Atticus c. AD 101 – AD 177
  58. Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240