Caracalla

Roman emperor

Born 4 April AD 188 · died 8 April AD 217, aged 29
Also known as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Tarautas, Divus Antoninus Magnus

Who was alive at the same time as Caracalla?

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When Caracalla was born, Septimius Severus was 41 or 42, Commodus was 26, Didius Julianus was 54 or 55, Pertinax was 61 and Maximinus Thrax was 14 or 15.

When Caracalla died, Plotinus was 11 or 12, Aurelian was 2, Elagabalus was 14, Severus Alexander was 8 and Decius was 15 or 16.

Born during Caracalla’s lifetime: Plotinus, Aurelian, Elagabalus, Pope Dionysius, Diophantus, Severus Alexander, Pope Fabian and Decius.

Not quite contemporaries: Marcus Aurelius died about 8 years before Caracalla was born, Lucian died about 6 years before Caracalla was born, Gordian III was born about 8 years after Caracalla died and Porphyry of Tyre was born about 14 years after Caracalla died.

What happened in Caracalla’s lifetime

Battle of Red Cliffs AD 208Caracalla was 19 or 20

Where Caracalla’s contemporaries were born

Caracalla is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (43 of 51 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Caracalla: Lugdunum
Pertinax: Alba
Irenaeus: İzmir
Didius Julianus: Mediolanum
Septimius Severus: Leptis Magna
Nagarjuna: South India
Clement of Alexandria: Athens
Commodus: Lanuvium
Macrinus: Cherchell
Maximinus Thrax: Thrace
Saint Valentine: Terni
Pope Cornelius: Rome
Origen: Alexandria
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
Aurelian: Sirmium
Claudius Gothicus: Sremska Mitrovica
Gordian I: Phrygia
Ardashir I: Istakhr
Geta: Rome
Aemilianus: Djerba
Tacitus: Terni
Trebonianus Gallus: Perugia
Quintillus: Sirmium
Hippolytus of Rome: Anatolia
Cecilia of Rome: Rome
Zhuge Liang: Yinan County
Ulpian: Tyre
Guan Yu: Yanhu District
Clodius Albinus: Hadrumetum
Cao Pi: Bozhou
Sun Quan: Zhejiang
Herodian: Roman Empire
Papinian: Homs
Dionysius of Alexandria: Alexandria
Sextus Julius Africanus: Aelia Capitolina

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The 50 best-known contemporaries

50 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Caracalla. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 203.

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
Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
Commodus AD 161 – AD 192
Elagabalus AD 203 – AD 222
Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
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
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
Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
Geta AD 189 – AD 211
Cyprian c. AD 200 – 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
Zhuge Liang AD 181 – AD 234
Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
Clodius Albinus AD 150 – AD 197
Cao Pi AD 187 – AD 226
Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
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