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Carinus
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Carinus

Roman emperor

Born AD 250 · died July AD 285, aged 34 or 35
Also known as Marcus Aurelius Carinus, Marcus Aurelius Numerius Carinus, Marcus Numerius Carinus

Who was alive at the same time as Carinus?

  1. Saint Valentine, AD 175 – AD 273
  2. Pope Cornelius, c. AD 180 – AD 253
  3. Origen, c. AD 184 – AD 254
  4. Pope Dionysius, c. AD 200 – AD 268
  5. Diophantus, c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  6. Valerian, c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  7. Decius, AD 201 – AD 251
  8. Plotinus, AD 205 – AD 270
  9. Pope Sixtus II, c. AD 215 – AD 258
  10. Mani, c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  11. Claudius Gothicus, AD 214 – AD 270
  12. Aurelian, AD 214 – AD 275
  13. Gallienus, c. AD 218 – AD 268
  14. Diocletian, 240s – AD 316
  15. Helena, mother of Constantine I, c. AD 250 – AD 330
  16. Carinus, AD 250 – AD 285
  17. Arius, 250s – AD 336
  18. Constantius Chlorus, AD 250 – AD 306
  19. Anthony the Great, AD 251 – c. AD 357
  20. Pope Marcellus I, AD 255 – AD 309
  21. Licinius, c. AD 263 – AD 325
  22. Eusebius, c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  23. Constantine the Great, c. AD 272 – AD 337
  24. Saint George, AD 275 – c. AD 303

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When Carinus was born, Plotinus was 44 or 45, Aurelian was 35 or 36, Decius was 48 or 49, Claudius Gothicus was 35 or 36 and Saint Lawrence was 24 or 25.

When Carinus died, Saint George was 9 or 10, Anthony the Great was 33 or 34, Constantius Chlorus was 34 or 35, Pope Marcellus I was 30 and Galerius was 26 or 27.

Born during Carinus’s lifetime: Constantine the Great, Saint George, Eusebius, Anthony the Great, Pope Marcellus I, Licinius, Saint Sebastian and Galerius.

Not quite contemporaries: Tertullian died about 7 years before Carinus was born, Athanasius of Alexandria was born about 11 years after Carinus died, Severus Alexander died about 15 years before Carinus was born and Philip the Arab died about a year before Carinus was born.

Where Carinus’s contemporaries were born

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Birthplaces as a list

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The 59 best-known contemporaries

59 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Carinus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 268.

  1. Constantine the Great c. AD 272 – AD 337
  2. Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
  3. Diocletian 240s – AD 316
  4. Saint George AD 275 – c. AD 303
  5. Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
  6. Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
  7. Pope Sixtus II c. AD 215 – AD 258
  8. Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
  9. Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  10. Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
  11. Arius 250s – AD 336
  12. Eusebius c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  13. Decius AD 201 – AD 251
  14. Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
  15. Constantius Chlorus AD 250 – AD 306
  16. Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  17. Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  18. Pope Marcellus I AD 255 – AD 309
  19. Helena, mother of Constantine I c. AD 250 – AD 330
  20. Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
  21. Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
  22. Licinius c. AD 263 – AD 325
  23. Gallienus c. AD 218 – AD 268
  24. Porphyry of Tyre c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  25. Saint Sebastian c. AD 255 – AD 287
  26. Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
  27. Saint Lawrence AD 225 – AD 258
  28. Maximian c. AD 245 – AD 310
  29. Aemilianus AD 207 – AD 253
  30. Probus AD 232 – AD 282
  31. Galerius AD 258 – AD 311
  32. Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
  33. Trebonianus Gallus AD 206 – AD 253
  34. Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
  35. Agatha of Sicily AD 235 – AD 261
  36. Saint Barbara AD 273 – AD 306
  37. Maxentius AD 278 – AD 312
  38. Zenobia c. AD 240 – AD 274
  39. Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
  40. Florianus AD 232 – AD 276
  41. Iamblichus c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
  42. Hostilian c. AD 232 – AD 251
  43. Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
  44. Maximinus Daza AD 270 – AD 313
  45. Volusianus AD 230 – AD 253
  46. Numerian AD 254 – AD 284
  47. Herennius Etruscus c. AD 227 – AD 251
  48. Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
  49. Saloninus AD 242 – AD 260
  50. Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
  51. Novatian AD 220 – AD 258
  52. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
  53. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  54. Saint Pantaleon c. AD 280 – AD 305
  55. Januarius AD 272 – AD 305
  56. Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
  57. Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
  58. Arnobius AD 255 – AD 327
  59. Saint Marinus AD 275 – AD 366