Cao Pi

Emperor of China

Born 29 May AD 187 · died 29 June AD 226, aged 39
Also known as Emperor Wen, the Wen Emperor

Who was alive at the same time as Cao Pi?

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When Cao Pi was born, Septimius Severus was 40 or 41, Commodus was 25, Didius Julianus was 53 or 54, Pertinax was 60 and Maximinus Thrax was 13 or 14.

When Cao Pi died, Plotinus was 20 or 21, Aurelian was 11, Severus Alexander was 17, Decius was 24 or 25 and Maximinus Thrax was 52 or 53.

Born during Cao Pi’s lifetime: Plotinus, Caracalla, Aurelian, Elagabalus, Pope Sixtus II, Pope Dionysius, Diophantus and Severus Alexander.

Not quite contemporaries: Marcus Aurelius died about 7 years before Cao Pi was born, Ptolemy died about 15 years before Cao Pi was born, Lucian died about 5 years before Cao Pi was born and Diocletian was born about 14 years after Cao Pi died.

What happened in Cao Pi’s lifetime

Battle of Red Cliffs AD 208Cao Pi was 20 or 21

Where Cao Pi’s contemporaries were born

Cao Pi is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (49 of 58 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Cao Pi: Bozhou
Pertinax: Alba
Irenaeus: İzmir
Didius Julianus: Mediolanum
Septimius Severus: Leptis Magna
Nagarjuna: South India
Clement of Alexandria: Athens
Commodus: Lanuvium
Macrinus: Cherchell
Pope Cornelius: Rome
Origen: Alexandria
Caracalla: Lugdunum
Pope Dionysius: Roman Empire
Pope Fabian: Rome
Diophantus: Alexandria
Valerian: Roman Empire
Decius: Martinci
Philip the Arab: Shahba
Elagabalus: Rome
Plotinus: Asyut
Severus Alexander: Tell Arqa
Pope Sixtus II: Greece
Aurelian: Sirmium
Mani: Ctesiphon
Maximinus Thrax: Thrace
Saint Valentine: Terni
Claudius Gothicus: Sremska Mitrovica
Gordian I: Phrygia
Gordian III: Rome
Ardashir I: Istakhr
Geta: Rome
Saint Lawrence: Osca
Aemilianus: Djerba
Tacitus: Terni
Trebonianus Gallus: Perugia
Quintillus: Sirmium
Hippolytus of Rome: Anatolia
Cecilia of Rome: Rome
Carus: Narbonne
Zhuge Liang: Yinan County
Ulpian: Tyre
Guan Yu: Yanhu District
Clodius Albinus: Hadrumetum
Sun Quan: Zhejiang
Novatian: Phrygia
Herodian: Roman Empire
Papinian: Homs
Dionysius of Alexandria: Alexandria
Sextus Julius Africanus: Aelia Capitolina

Compare Cao Pi

The 57 best-known contemporaries

57 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Cao Pi. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 207.

Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
Caracalla AD 188 – AD 217
Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
Commodus AD 161 – AD 192
Elagabalus AD 203 – AD 222
Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
Pope Sixtus II c. AD 215 – AD 258
Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
Severus Alexander AD 208 – AD 235
Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
Pope Fabian c. 200s – AD 250
Didius Julianus AD 133 – AD 193
Macrinus c. AD 164 – AD 218
Decius AD 201 – AD 251
Pertinax AD 126 – AD 193
Irenaeus c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
Philip the Arab c. AD 204 – AD 249
Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
Maximinus Thrax AD 173 – AD 238
Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
Gordian III AD 225 – AD 244
Gallienus c. AD 218 – AD 268
Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
Geta AD 189 – AD 211
Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
Saint Lawrence AD 225 – AD 258
Aemilianus AD 207 – AD 253
Balbinus AD 178 – AD 238
Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
Trebonianus Gallus AD 206 – AD 253
Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
Gordian II 190s – AD 238
Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
Cecilia of Rome c. AD 200 – c. AD 230
Diadumenian AD 208 – AD 218
Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
Zhuge Liang AD 181 – AD 234
Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
Clodius Albinus AD 150 – AD 197
Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
Novatian AD 220 – AD 258
Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
Papinian AD 142 – c. AD 212
Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240