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Ausonius
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Ausonius

Roman poet

Born AD 310 · died AD 395, aged 84 or 85
Also known as Decimus Magnus Ausonius

Who was alive at the same time as Ausonius?

  1. Diocletian, 240s – AD 316
  2. Arius, 250s – AD 336
  3. Anthony the Great, AD 251 – c. AD 357
  4. Eusebius, c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  5. Constantine the Great, c. AD 272 – AD 337
  6. Athanasius of Alexandria, AD 296 – AD 373
  7. Pope Damasus I, AD 305 – AD 384
  8. Pope Liberius, c. AD 310 – AD 366
  9. Ausonius, AD 310 – AD 395
  10. Martin of Tours, c. AD 327 – AD 397
  11. Constantius II, AD 317 – AD 361
  12. Ammianus Marcellinus, c. AD 330 – c. AD 395
  13. Basil of Caesarea, AD 329 – AD 379
  14. Gregory of Nazianzus, c. AD 330 – c. AD 390
  15. Julian, AD 331 – AD 363
  16. Pope Siricius, AD 334 – AD 399
  17. Ambrose, c. AD 339 – AD 397
  18. Jerome, c. AD 345 – c. AD 420
  19. John Chrysostom, c. AD 350 – AD 407
  20. Theodosius I, AD 347 – AD 395
  21. Augustine of Hippo, AD 354 – AD 430
  22. Hypatia, c. AD 360 – AD 415
  23. Pope Boniface I, c. AD 370 – AD 422
  24. Pope Sixtus III, c. AD 390 – AD 440

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When Ausonius was born, Athanasius of Alexandria was 13 or 14, Pope Damasus I was 4 or 5, Anthony the Great was 58 or 59, Galerius was 51 or 52 and Maxentius was 31 or 32.

When Ausonius died, Augustine of Hippo was 40 or 41, Pope Siricius was 60 or 61, Pope Anastasius I was 54 or 55, Honorius was 10 or 11 and Arcadius was 17 or 18.

Born during Ausonius’s lifetime: Augustine of Hippo, Hypatia, Jerome, John Chrysostom, Ambrose, Julian, Theodosius I and Basil of Caesarea.

Not quite contemporaries: Saint George died about 5 years before Ausonius was born, Pope Gelasius I was born about 15 years after Ausonius died, Constantius Chlorus died about 4 years before Ausonius was born and Theodosius II was born about 6 years after Ausonius died.

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Where Ausonius’s contemporaries were born

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The 93 best-known contemporaries

93 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Ausonius. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 353.

  1. Augustine of Hippo AD 354 – AD 430
  2. Constantine the Great c. AD 272 – AD 337
  3. Hypatia c. AD 360 – AD 415
  4. Jerome c. AD 345 – c. AD 420
  5. John Chrysostom c. AD 350 – AD 407
  6. Ambrose c. AD 339 – AD 397
  7. Diocletian 240s – AD 316
  8. Julian AD 331 – AD 363
  9. Theodosius I AD 347 – AD 395
  10. Basil of Caesarea AD 329 – AD 379
  11. Gregory of Nazianzus c. AD 330 – c. AD 390
  12. Athanasius of Alexandria AD 296 – AD 373
  13. Pope Damasus I AD 305 – AD 384
  14. Martin of Tours c. AD 327 – AD 397
  15. Arius 250s – AD 336
  16. Eusebius c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  17. Pope Liberius c. AD 310 – AD 366
  18. Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
  19. Pope Sixtus III c. AD 390 – AD 440
  20. Pope Siricius AD 334 – AD 399
  21. Pope Boniface I c. AD 370 – AD 422
  22. Constantius II AD 317 – AD 361
  23. Ammianus Marcellinus c. AD 330 – c. AD 395
  24. Pope Anastasius I AD 340 – AD 401
  25. Saint Patrick c. AD 385 – c. AD 461
  26. Honorius AD 384 – AD 423
  27. Valentinian I AD 321 – AD 375
  28. Arcadius AD 377 – AD 408
  29. Helena, mother of Constantine I c. AD 250 – AD 330
  30. Valens AD 328 – AD 378
  31. Cyril of Alexandria AD 376 – AD 444
  32. Mesrop Mashtots c. AD 362 – AD 440
  33. Nestorius 380s – c. AD 451
  34. Licinius c. AD 263 – AD 325
  35. Constantine II AD 316 – AD 340
  36. Galerius AD 258 – AD 311
  37. Maxentius AD 278 – AD 312
  38. Jovian AD 331 – AD 364
  39. Gaiseric AD 389 – AD 477
  40. Marcian AD 392 – AD 457
  41. Ephrem the Syrian c. AD 306 – AD 373
  42. Shapur II c. AD 310 – AD 379
  43. Hilary of Poitiers AD 315 – AD 367
  44. Gratian AD 359 – AD 383
  45. Iamblichus c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
  46. Ulfilas c. AD 309 – AD 383
  47. Constans c. AD 322 – AD 350
  48. Claudian c. AD 370 – c. AD 405
  49. Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
  50. Maximinus Daza AD 270 – AD 313
  51. Theodoric I AD 393 – AD 451
  52. Valentinian II AD 371 – AD 392
  53. Pappus of Alexandria c. AD 290 – c. AD 350
  54. Constantius III c. AD 370 – AD 421
  55. Cyril of Jerusalem c. AD 313 – c. AD 386
  56. Stilicho AD 359 – AD 408
  57. Epiphanius of Salamis c. AD 315 – AD 403
  58. Samudragupta AD 335 – AD 380
  59. Faxian c. AD 339 – c. AD 423
  60. Orosius c. AD 385 – c. AD 418
  61. Aurelius Victor c. AD 321 – c. AD 391
  62. Magnus Maximus AD 335 – AD 388
  63. Kumārajīva c. AD 345 – AD 413
  64. Saint Monica AD 332 – AD 387
  65. Pelagius c. AD 354 – c. AD 420
  66. Socrates of Constantinople c. AD 380 – c. AD 440
  67. Galla Placidia AD 386 – AD 450
  68. Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
  69. Tao Yuanming AD 365 – AD 427
  70. Magnentius AD 303 – AD 353
  71. Prudentius AD 348 – c. AD 411
  72. Macrobius c. AD 370 – c. AD 431
  73. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
  74. Pachomius the Great AD 292 – AD 348
  75. John Cassian AD 360 – AD 435
  76. Synesius AD 370 – AD 413
  77. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  78. Libanius c. AD 314 – AD 393
  79. Mary of Egypt c. AD 344 – c. AD 421
  80. Emperor Nintoku AD 290 – AD 399
  81. Ardashir II 310s – AD 383
  82. Martianus Capella c. AD 360 – c. AD 428
  83. Simeon Stylites c. AD 390 – AD 459
  84. Saint Nino AD 296 – AD 335
  85. Athanaric AD 318 – AD 381
  86. Evagrius Ponticus c. AD 345 – AD 399
  87. Sigeric c. 370s – AD 415
  88. Peter Chrysologus AD 380 – AD 450
  89. Arnobius AD 255 – AD 327
  90. Saint Marinus AD 275 – AD 366
  91. Macarius of Egypt c. AD 301 – AD 391
  92. Eugenius AD 345 – AD 394
  93. Ermanaric c. AD 291 – c. AD 376