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Arcadius
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Arcadius

Byzantine emperor

Born 1 January AD 377 · died 1 May AD 408, aged 31

Who was alive at the same time as Arcadius?

  1. Pope Damasus I, AD 305 – AD 384
  2. Martin of Tours, c. AD 327 – AD 397
  3. Ammianus Marcellinus, c. AD 330 – c. AD 395
  4. Valens, AD 328 – AD 378
  5. Basil of Caesarea, AD 329 – AD 379
  6. Gregory of Nazianzus, c. AD 330 – c. AD 390
  7. Pope Siricius, AD 334 – AD 399
  8. Ambrose, c. AD 339 – AD 397
  9. Pope Anastasius I, AD 340 – AD 401
  10. Jerome, c. AD 345 – c. AD 420
  11. John Chrysostom, c. AD 350 – AD 407
  12. Theodosius I, AD 347 – AD 395
  13. Augustine of Hippo, AD 354 – AD 430
  14. Hypatia, c. AD 360 – AD 415
  15. Mesrop Mashtots, c. AD 362 – AD 440
  16. Pope Boniface I, c. AD 370 – AD 422
  17. Cyril of Alexandria, AD 376 – AD 444
  18. Arcadius, AD 377 – AD 408
  19. Nestorius, 380s – c. AD 451
  20. Saint Patrick, c. AD 385 – c. AD 461
  21. Honorius, AD 384 – AD 423
  22. Pope Leo I, c. AD 394 – AD 461
  23. Pope Sixtus III, c. AD 390 – AD 440
  24. Theodosius II, AD 401 – AD 450

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When Arcadius was born, Augustine of Hippo was 22, Theodosius I was 29, Basil of Caesarea was 47 or 48, Pope Damasus I was 71 or 72 and Pope Siricius was 42 or 43.

When Arcadius died, Augustine of Hippo was 53, Honorius was 23, Theodosius II was 7, Cyril of Alexandria was 31 or 32 and Gaiseric was 18 or 19.

Born during Arcadius’s lifetime: Pope Leo I, Pope Sixtus III, Saint Patrick, Honorius, Theodosius II, Nestorius, Gaiseric and Flavius Aetius.

Not quite contemporaries: Julian died about 14 years before Arcadius was born, Athanasius of Alexandria died about 4 years before Arcadius was born, Pope Gelasius I was born about 2 years after Arcadius died and Pope Liberius died about 11 years before Arcadius was born.

Where Arcadius’s contemporaries were born

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Birthplaces as a list

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The 72 best-known contemporaries

72 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Arcadius. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 393.

  1. Augustine of Hippo AD 354 – AD 430
  2. Hypatia c. AD 360 – AD 415
  3. Jerome c. AD 345 – c. AD 420
  4. John Chrysostom c. AD 350 – AD 407
  5. Ambrose c. AD 339 – AD 397
  6. Pope Leo I c. AD 394 – AD 461
  7. Theodosius I AD 347 – AD 395
  8. Basil of Caesarea AD 329 – AD 379
  9. Gregory of Nazianzus c. AD 330 – c. AD 390
  10. Pope Damasus I AD 305 – AD 384
  11. Martin of Tours c. AD 327 – AD 397
  12. Pope Sixtus III c. AD 390 – AD 440
  13. Pope Siricius AD 334 – AD 399
  14. Pope Boniface I c. AD 370 – AD 422
  15. Ammianus Marcellinus c. AD 330 – c. AD 395
  16. Pope Anastasius I AD 340 – AD 401
  17. Saint Patrick c. AD 385 – c. AD 461
  18. Honorius AD 384 – AD 423
  19. Theodosius II AD 401 – AD 450
  20. Valens AD 328 – AD 378
  21. Cyril of Alexandria AD 376 – AD 444
  22. Mesrop Mashtots c. AD 362 – AD 440
  23. Nestorius 380s – c. AD 451
  24. Gaiseric AD 389 – AD 477
  25. Flavius Aetius 390s – AD 454
  26. Marcian AD 392 – AD 457
  27. Shapur II c. AD 310 – AD 379
  28. Ausonius AD 310 – AD 395
  29. Gratian AD 359 – AD 383
  30. Leo I c. AD 401 – AD 474
  31. Ulfilas c. AD 309 – AD 383
  32. Claudian c. AD 370 – c. AD 405
  33. Theodoric I AD 393 – AD 451
  34. Petronius Maximus c. AD 396 – AD 455
  35. Avitus AD 395 – AD 457
  36. Valentinian II AD 371 – AD 392
  37. Constantius III c. AD 370 – AD 421
  38. Cyril of Jerusalem c. AD 313 – c. AD 386
  39. Stilicho AD 359 – AD 408
  40. Epiphanius of Salamis c. AD 315 – AD 403
  41. Samudragupta AD 335 – AD 380
  42. Faxian c. AD 339 – c. AD 423
  43. Orosius c. AD 385 – c. AD 418
  44. Aurelius Victor c. AD 321 – c. AD 391
  45. Bahram V AD 406 – c. AD 439
  46. Magnus Maximus AD 335 – AD 388
  47. Kumārajīva c. AD 345 – AD 413
  48. Saint Monica AD 332 – AD 387
  49. Pelagius c. AD 354 – c. AD 420
  50. Socrates of Constantinople c. AD 380 – c. AD 440
  51. Galla Placidia AD 386 – AD 450
  52. Tao Yuanming AD 365 – AD 427
  53. Prudentius AD 348 – c. AD 411
  54. Macrobius c. AD 370 – c. AD 431
  55. John Cassian AD 360 – AD 435
  56. Synesius AD 370 – AD 413
  57. Chlodio c. AD 393 – AD 448
  58. Pulcheria AD 399 – AD 453
  59. Libanius c. AD 314 – AD 393
  60. Mary of Egypt c. AD 344 – c. AD 421
  61. Emperor Nintoku AD 290 – AD 399
  62. Ardashir II 310s – AD 383
  63. Martianus Capella c. AD 360 – c. AD 428
  64. Simeon Stylites c. AD 390 – AD 459
  65. Sozomen c. AD 400 – c. AD 450
  66. Ricimer AD 405 – AD 472
  67. Athanaric AD 318 – AD 381
  68. Evagrius Ponticus c. AD 345 – AD 399
  69. Sigeric c. 370s – AD 415
  70. Peter Chrysologus AD 380 – AD 450
  71. Macarius of Egypt c. AD 301 – AD 391
  72. Eugenius AD 345 – AD 394