Arrian

Roman philosopher and historian

Born AD 87–95 · died AD 172–180
Also known as Arrian of Nicomedia, Lucius Flavius Arrianus, Flavius Arrian

Who was alive at the same time as Arrian?

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

Not quite contemporaries: Pliny the Elder died about 8 years before Arrian was born, Vespasian died about 8 years before Arrian was born, Titus died about 6 years before Arrian was born and Pope Linus died about 8 years before Arrian was born.

Where Arrian’s contemporaries were born

Arrian is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (59 of 66 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Arrian: Nicomedia
Nerva: Narni
Josephus: Jerusalem
Martial: Augusta Bilbilis
Plutarch: Chaeronea
Pope Sixtus I: Rome
Epictetus: Hierapolis
Domitian: Rome
Tacitus: Gallia Narbonensis
Trajan: Italica
Pliny the Younger: Como
Hadrian: Italica
Antoninus Pius: Lanuvium
Ptolemy: Ptolemais Hermiou
Lucian: Samosata
Marcus Aurelius: Rome
Pertinax: Alba
Irenaeus: İzmir
Didius Julianus: Mediolanum
Septimius Severus: Leptis Magna
Nagarjuna: South India
Commodus: Lanuvium
Macrinus: Cherchell
Ignatius of Antioch: Roman Syria
Clement of Alexandria: Athens
Lucius Verus: Rome
Cai Lun: Leiyang
Gordian I: Phrygia
Justin Martyr: Nablus
Zhang Heng: Nanyang
Appian: Alexandria
Pausanias: Asia
Polycarp: İzmir
John the Evangelist: Galilee
Hippolytus of Rome: Anatolia
Saint Timothy: Lystra
Ulpian: Tyre
Aulus Gellius: Rome
Apollonius of Tyana: Tyana
Rabbi Akiva: Lod
Kanishka: Peshawar
Marcion of Sinope: Sinop
Guan Yu: Yanhu District
Clodius Albinus: Hadrumetum
Silius Italicus: Italica
Antinous: Bolu
Ban Zhao: Eastern Han
Frontinus: Gallia Narbonensis
Saint Titus: Crete
Wang Chong: Shangyu District
Dio Chrysostom: Bursa
Herodian: Roman Empire
Papinian: Homs
Florus: Africa
Marcus Cornelius Fronto: Cirta
Herod Agrippa II: Rome
Nicomachus: Jerash
Herodes Atticus: Marathon
Sextus Julius Africanus: Aelia Capitolina

Compare Arrian

The 65 best-known contemporaries

65 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Arrian. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 134.

Marcus Aurelius AD 121 – AD 180
Plutarch c. AD 45 – c. AD 120
Tacitus c. AD 55 – c. AD 120
Ptolemy c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
Epictetus c. AD 50 – c. AD 131
Trajan AD 53 – c. AD 117
Hadrian AD 76 – AD 138
Lucian c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
Pliny the Younger c. AD 61 – c. AD 113
Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
Domitian AD 51 – AD 96
Josephus AD 37 – c. AD 100
Antoninus Pius AD 86 – AD 161
Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
Martial c. AD 40 – AD 104
Pope Sixtus I c. AD 42 – 120s
Commodus AD 161 – AD 192
Nerva AD 30 – AD 98
Didius Julianus AD 133 – AD 193
Macrinus c. AD 164 – AD 218
Pertinax AD 126 – AD 193
Irenaeus c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
Ignatius of Antioch c. AD 35 – c. AD 108
Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
Lucius Verus AD 130 – AD 169
Cai Lun c. AD 55 – AD 121
Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
Justin Martyr c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
Zhang Heng AD 78 – AD 139
Appian c. AD 95 – c. AD 165
Pausanias c. AD 113 – c. AD 180
Polycarp c. AD 69 – AD 155
John the Evangelist AD 10 – AD 98
Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
Saint Timothy AD 17 – AD 97
Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
Aulus Gellius c. AD 130 – c. AD 180
Apollonius of Tyana c. AD 15 – c. AD 100
Rabbi Akiva c. AD 50 – AD 135
Kanishka AD 78 – AD 144
Marcion of Sinope c. AD 90 – c. AD 160
Tatian c. AD 120 – c. AD 173
Aśvaghoṣa AD 80 – AD 150
Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
Clodius Albinus AD 150 – AD 197
Silius Italicus AD 26 – AD 101
Antinous c. AD 111 – AD 130
Ban Zhao AD 45 – AD 116
Gaius c. 120s – c. AD 180
Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
Frontinus c. AD 30 – AD 103
Saint Titus 10s – 100s
Wang Chong AD 27 – AD 97
Dio Chrysostom c. AD 40 – c. AD 120
Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
Papinian AD 142 – c. AD 212
Florus c. AD 72 – c. AD 140
Marcus Cornelius Fronto c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
Herod Agrippa II c. AD 27 – c. AD 100
Nicomachus c. AD 60 – c. AD 120
Herodes Atticus c. AD 101 – AD 177
Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240