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Avitus
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Avitus

Roman politician

Born AD 395 · died 18 August AD 457, aged 61 or 62
Also known as Eparchius Avitus, Marcus Maecilius, Flavius Maecilius

Who was alive at the same time as Avitus?

  1. Martin of Tours, c. AD 327 – AD 397
  2. Pope Siricius, AD 334 – AD 399
  3. Ambrose, c. AD 339 – AD 397
  4. Pope Anastasius I, AD 340 – AD 401
  5. Jerome, c. AD 345 – c. AD 420
  6. John Chrysostom, c. AD 350 – AD 407
  7. Augustine of Hippo, AD 354 – AD 430
  8. Hypatia, c. AD 360 – AD 415
  9. Pope Boniface I, c. AD 370 – AD 422
  10. Cyril of Alexandria, AD 376 – AD 444
  11. Arcadius, AD 377 – AD 408
  12. Saint Patrick, c. AD 385 – c. AD 461
  13. Honorius, AD 384 – AD 423
  14. Pope Leo I, c. AD 394 – AD 461
  15. Pope Sixtus III, c. AD 390 – AD 440
  16. Avitus, AD 395 – AD 457
  17. Theodosius II, AD 401 – AD 450
  18. Pope Gelasius I, AD 410 – AD 496
  19. Pope Hilarius, c. AD 415 – AD 468
  20. Pope Simplicius, c. AD 420 – AD 483
  21. Odoacer, c. AD 433 – AD 493
  22. Pope Felix III, c. AD 440 – AD 492
  23. Pope Hormisdas, AD 450 – AD 523
  24. Theodoric the Great, AD 454 – AD 526

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When Avitus was born, 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.

When Avitus died, Theodoric the Great was 3, Pope Gelasius I was 46 or 47, Pope Hormisdas was 6 or 7, Julius Nepos was 26 or 27 and Zeno was 31 or 32.

Born during Avitus’s lifetime: Theodoric the Great, Pope Gelasius I, Pope Hormisdas, Pope Simplicius, Odoacer, Pope Felix III, Theodosius II and Pope Hilarius.

Not quite contemporaries: Clovis I was born about 7 years after Avitus died, Gregory of Nazianzus died about 4 years before Avitus was born, Pope Damasus I died about 11 years before Avitus was born and Pope John I was born about 11 years after Avitus died.

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Where Avitus’s contemporaries were born

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The 81 best-known contemporaries

81 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Avitus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 426.

  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. Theodoric the Great AD 454 – AD 526
  8. Pope Gelasius I AD 410 – AD 496
  9. Martin of Tours c. AD 327 – AD 397
  10. Pope Hormisdas AD 450 – AD 523
  11. Pope Sixtus III c. AD 390 – AD 440
  12. Pope Siricius AD 334 – AD 399
  13. Pope Boniface I c. AD 370 – AD 422
  14. Pope Simplicius c. AD 420 – AD 483
  15. Pope Anastasius I AD 340 – AD 401
  16. Saint Patrick c. AD 385 – c. AD 461
  17. Honorius AD 384 – AD 423
  18. Odoacer c. AD 433 – AD 493
  19. Pope Felix III c. AD 440 – AD 492
  20. Theodosius II AD 401 – AD 450
  21. Arcadius AD 377 – AD 408
  22. Pope Hilarius c. AD 415 – AD 468
  23. Cyril of Alexandria AD 376 – AD 444
  24. Julius Nepos AD 430 – AD 480
  25. Mesrop Mashtots c. AD 362 – AD 440
  26. Nestorius 380s – c. AD 451
  27. Valentinian III AD 419 – AD 455
  28. Zeno AD 425 – AD 491
  29. Gaiseric AD 389 – AD 477
  30. Flavius Aetius 390s – AD 454
  31. Justin I AD 450 – AD 527
  32. Marcian AD 392 – AD 457
  33. Majorian 420s – AD 461
  34. Anastasius I Dicorus AD 430 – AD 518
  35. Leo I c. AD 401 – AD 474
  36. Proclus AD 412 – AD 485
  37. Claudian c. AD 370 – c. AD 405
  38. Theodoric I AD 393 – AD 451
  39. Petronius Maximus c. AD 396 – AD 455
  40. Constantius III c. AD 370 – AD 421
  41. Childeric I c. AD 436 – c. AD 481
  42. Stilicho AD 359 – AD 408
  43. Anthemius AD 420 – AD 472
  44. Glycerius AD 430 – 480s
  45. Sidonius Apollinaris c. AD 430 – c. AD 489
  46. Epiphanius of Salamis c. AD 315 – AD 403
  47. Faxian c. AD 339 – c. AD 423
  48. Orosius c. AD 385 – c. AD 418
  49. Libius Severus AD 420 – AD 465
  50. Bahram V AD 406 – c. AD 439
  51. Kumārajīva c. AD 345 – AD 413
  52. Pelagius c. AD 354 – c. AD 420
  53. Socrates of Constantinople c. AD 380 – c. AD 440
  54. Galla Placidia AD 386 – AD 450
  55. Genevieve AD 423 – AD 502
  56. Tao Yuanming AD 365 – AD 427
  57. Syagrius c. AD 430 – c. AD 487
  58. Prudentius AD 348 – c. AD 411
  59. Macrobius c. AD 370 – c. AD 431
  60. John Cassian AD 360 – AD 435
  61. Synesius AD 370 – AD 413
  62. Chlodio c. AD 393 – AD 448
  63. Pulcheria AD 399 – AD 453
  64. Euric AD 420 – AD 484
  65. Theodoric II AD 426 – AD 466
  66. Mary of Egypt c. AD 344 – c. AD 421
  67. Priscus c. AD 410 – c. AD 471
  68. Thorismund c. AD 420 – AD 453
  69. Emperor Nintoku AD 290 – AD 399
  70. Martianus Capella c. AD 360 – c. AD 428
  71. Simeon Stylites c. AD 390 – AD 459
  72. Sozomen c. AD 400 – c. AD 450
  73. Aelia Eudocia 400s – AD 460
  74. Ricimer AD 405 – AD 472
  75. Evagrius Ponticus c. AD 345 – AD 399
  76. Sigeric c. 370s – AD 415
  77. Peter Chrysologus AD 380 – AD 450
  78. Movses Khorenatsi c. AD 410 – c. AD 489
  79. Isidore of Miletus AD 442 – AD 537
  80. Brigid of Kildare c. AD 452 – c. AD 525
  81. Zu Chongzhi AD 429 – AD 501