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Aristides
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Aristides

Athenian soldier

Born c. 540 BC · died 467 BC
Also known as Aristides the Just

Who was alive at the same time as Aristides?

  1. Cyrus the Great, c. 600 – 530 BC
  2. Anaximenes of Miletus, c. 585 – c. 527 BC
  3. Anacreon, c. 570 – c. 485 BC
  4. Xenophanes, 570 – c. 478 BC
  5. Cambyses II, 559–522 BC
  6. Confucius, c. 551 – c. 479 BC
  7. Darius the Great, 550–486 BC
  8. Aristides, c. 540 – 467 BC
  9. Aeschylus, 525–456 BC
  10. Themistocles, 524–459 BC
  11. Pāṇini, c. 520 – c. 460 BC
  12. Xerxes I, 519–465 BC
  13. Pindar, 517–437 BC
  14. Parmenides, c. 512 – c. 470 BC
  15. Anaxagoras, c. 500 – c. 428 BC
  16. Phidias, c. 500 – c. 430 BC
  17. Sophocles, c. 496 – c. 406 BC
  18. Empedocles, c. 494 – c. 434 BC
  19. Pericles, 494–429 BC
  20. Protagoras, c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  21. Zeno of Elea, c. 490 – c. 425 BC
  22. Herodotus, c. 484 – c. 425 BC
  23. Gorgias, c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  24. Socrates, c. 470 – 399 BC

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Born during Aristides’s lifetime: Socrates, Sophocles, Herodotus, Aeschylus, Pericles, Parmenides, Anaxagoras and Protagoras.

Not quite contemporaries: Hippocrates was born about 4 years after Aristides died, Anaximander died about a year before Aristides was born, Alcibiades was born about 14 years after Aristides died and Artaxerxes II was born about 13 years after Aristides died.

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Where Aristides’s contemporaries were born

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The 42 best-known contemporaries

42 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Aristides. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 503 BC.

  1. Confucius c. 551 – c. 479 BC
  2. Socrates c. 470 – 399 BC
  3. Sophocles c. 496 – c. 406 BC
  4. Herodotus c. 484 – c. 425 BC
  5. Aeschylus 525–456 BC
  6. Cyrus the Great c. 600 – 530 BC
  7. Pericles 494–429 BC
  8. Darius the Great 550–486 BC
  9. Parmenides c. 512 – c. 470 BC
  10. Anaxagoras c. 500 – c. 428 BC
  11. Protagoras c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  12. Empedocles c. 494 – c. 434 BC
  13. Pindar 517–437 BC
  14. Xenophanes 570 – c. 478 BC
  15. Zeno of Elea c. 490 – c. 425 BC
  16. Xerxes I 519–465 BC
  17. Anaximenes of Miletus c. 585 – c. 527 BC
  18. Gorgias c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  19. Anacreon c. 570 – c. 485 BC
  20. Themistocles 524–459 BC
  21. Pāṇini c. 520 – c. 460 BC
  22. Phidias c. 500 – c. 430 BC
  23. Cambyses II 559–522 BC
  24. Mozi 470–391 BC
  25. Simonides of Ceos 556 – c. 468 BC
  26. Aspasia c. 470 – 400 BC
  27. Darius II 475–404 BC
  28. Theognis of Megara 570–485 BC
  29. Bias of Priene c. 600 – c. 530 BC
  30. Chilon of Sparta c. 600 – c. 520 BC
  31. Sushruta 600–500 BC
  32. Miltiades c. 554 – 489 BC
  33. Polykleitos c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  34. Śāriputra 568–484 BC
  35. Bacchylides c. 516 – c. 451 BC
  36. Hippocrates of Chios c. 470 – 410 BC
  37. Bimbisara 558–491 BC
  38. Polycrates 574–522 BC
  39. Epicharmus of Cos c. 531 – c. 440 BC
  40. Cimon 510–450 BC
  41. Pherecydes of Syros c. 580 – c. 499 BC
  42. Atossa 550–475 BC