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Belisarius
Meister von San Vitale in Ravenna, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Belisarius

Military leader

Born c. AD 505 · died 13 March AD 565
Also known as Flavius Belisarius

Who was alive at the same time as Belisarius?

  1. Pope Hormisdas, AD 450 – AD 523
  2. Theodoric the Great, AD 454 – AD 526
  3. Pope Symmachus, c. AD 460 – AD 514
  4. Clovis I, c. AD 466 – AD 511
  5. Pope John I, c. AD 470 – AD 526
  6. Pope John II, AD 470 – AD 535
  7. Aryabhata, AD 476 – AD 550
  8. Pope Silverius, AD 477 – AD 537
  9. Boethius, c. AD 480 – AD 524
  10. Benedict of Nursia, AD 480 – AD 547
  11. Justinian I, AD 482 – AD 565
  12. Pope Agapetus I, 490s – AD 536
  13. Chlothar I, AD 498 – AD 561
  14. Belisarius, c. AD 505 – AD 565
  15. Pope Pelagius I, c. AD 505 – AD 561
  16. Pope Pelagius II, c. AD 520 – AD 590
  17. Pope Benedict I, c. AD 526 – AD 579
  18. Pope Sabinian, c. AD 530 – AD 606
  19. Pope Gregory I, c. AD 541 – AD 604
  20. Pope Boniface III, c. AD 540 – AD 607
  21. Maurice, AD 539 – AD 602
  22. Pope Boniface IV, c. AD 550 – AD 615
  23. Amina bint Wahb, c. 550s – c. AD 578
  24. Isidore of Seville, c. AD 560 – AD 636

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When Belisarius died, Justinian I was 82, Maurice was 25 or 26, Khosrow I was 63 or 64, Phocas was 17 or 18 and Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib was 24 or 25.

Born during Belisarius’s lifetime: Pope Gregory I, Isidore of Seville, Pope Pelagius II, Pope Benedict I, Pope Boniface IV, Pope Sabinian, Pope Boniface III and Amina bint Wahb.

Not quite contemporaries: Muhammad was born about 6 years after Belisarius died, Abu Bakr was born about 6 years after Belisarius died, Uthman was born about 9 years after Belisarius died and Heraclius was born about 7 years after Belisarius died.

Where Belisarius’s contemporaries were born

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Birthplaces as a list

Compare Belisarius

The 69 best-known contemporaries

69 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Belisarius. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 537.

  1. Justinian I AD 482 – AD 565
  2. Pope Gregory I c. AD 541 – AD 604
  3. Aryabhata AD 476 – AD 550
  4. Boethius c. AD 480 – AD 524
  5. Benedict of Nursia AD 480 – AD 547
  6. Clovis I c. AD 466 – AD 511
  7. Theodoric the Great AD 454 – AD 526
  8. Isidore of Seville c. AD 560 – AD 636
  9. Pope Hormisdas AD 450 – AD 523
  10. Pope John I c. AD 470 – AD 526
  11. Pope Pelagius II c. AD 520 – AD 590
  12. Pope John II AD 470 – AD 535
  13. Pope Pelagius I c. AD 505 – AD 561
  14. Pope Benedict I c. AD 526 – AD 579
  15. Pope Symmachus c. AD 460 – AD 514
  16. Pope Silverius AD 477 – AD 537
  17. Pope Agapetus I 490s – AD 536
  18. Pope Boniface IV c. AD 550 – AD 615
  19. Pope Sabinian c. AD 530 – AD 606
  20. Pope Boniface III c. AD 540 – AD 607
  21. Amina bint Wahb c. 550s – c. AD 578
  22. Maurice AD 539 – AD 602
  23. Chlothar I AD 498 – AD 561
  24. Khosrow I AD 501 – AD 579
  25. Justin I AD 450 – AD 527
  26. Theodora c. AD 500 – AD 548
  27. Anastasius I Dicorus AD 430 – AD 518
  28. Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 545 – AD 570
  29. Justin II c. AD 520 – AD 578
  30. Phocas AD 547 – AD 610
  31. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 541 – AD 619
  32. Cassiodorus c. AD 487 – AD 583
  33. Tiberius II Constantine c. AD 520 – AD 582
  34. Gregory of Tours AD 538 – AD 594
  35. Columba AD 521 – AD 597
  36. Chlodomer c. AD 495 – AD 524
  37. Childebert I c. AD 497 – AD 558
  38. Amalasuintha AD 498 – AD 535
  39. Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 497 – AD 579
  40. Totila c. AD 510 – AD 552
  41. Charibert I c. AD 520 – c. AD 568
  42. Zosimus c. AD 460 – c. AD 520
  43. Dionysius Exiguus c. AD 475 – c. AD 549
  44. Theuderic I c. AD 485 – AD 534
  45. Brendan the Navigator c. AD 486 – AD 577
  46. John Malalas c. AD 491 – c. AD 578
  47. Guntram c. AD 532 – c. AD 593
  48. Athalaric AD 516 – AD 534
  49. Æthelberht of Kent AD 552 – AD 612
  50. Kavad I AD 473 – AD 531
  51. Narses AD 478 – c. AD 572
  52. Theudebert I c. AD 500 – AD 548
  53. Columbanus c. AD 543 – AD 615
  54. Abu Lahab AD 549 – c. AD 625
  55. Anthemius of Tralles c. AD 474 – c. AD 534
  56. Sigebert I AD 535 – AD 575
  57. Emperor Wen of Sui AD 541 – AD 604
  58. Empress Suiko AD 554 – AD 628
  59. Clotilde AD 474 – AD 545
  60. Gelimer c. AD 480 – AD 553
  61. Radegund AD 518 – AD 587
  62. Isidore of Miletus AD 442 – AD 537
  63. Imru' al-Qais c. AD 501 – c. AD 544
  64. Gildas AD 500 – AD 570
  65. Venantius Fortunatus c. AD 534 – AD 609
  66. Brigid of Kildare c. AD 452 – c. AD 525
  67. Saint David AD 512 – AD 589
  68. Alboin c. AD 529 – AD 572
  69. Reccared I c. AD 560 – AD 601