Cecilia of Rome

Roman musician

Born c. AD 200 · died c. AD 230
Also known as Saint Cecilia, St. Cecilia, Caecilia

Who was alive at the same time as Cecilia of Rome?

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Born during Cecilia of Rome’s lifetime: Plotinus, Aurelian, Elagabalus, Pope Sixtus II, Severus Alexander, Mani, Claudius Gothicus and Gordian III.

Not quite contemporaries: Diocletian was born about 8 years after Cecilia of Rome died, Commodus died about 5 years before Cecilia of Rome was born, Didius Julianus died about 4 years before Cecilia of Rome was born and Pertinax died about 4 years before Cecilia of Rome was born.

What happened in Cecilia of Rome’s lifetime

Battle of Red Cliffs AD 208

Where Cecilia of Rome’s contemporaries were born

Cecilia of Rome is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (45 of 54 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Cecilia of Rome: Rome
Septimius Severus: Leptis Magna
Nagarjuna: South India
Clement of Alexandria: Athens
Macrinus: Cherchell
Maximinus Thrax: Thrace
Saint Valentine: Terni
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
Mani: Ctesiphon
Claudius Gothicus: Sremska Mitrovica
Aurelian: Sirmium
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
Carus: Narbonne
Zhuge Liang: Yinan County
Ulpian: Tyre
Guan Yu: Yanhu District
Cao Pi: Bozhou
Sun Quan: Zhejiang
Novatian: Phrygia
Herodian: Roman Empire
Papinian: Homs
Dionysius of Alexandria: Alexandria
Liu Hui: Zibo
Sextus Julius Africanus: Aelia Capitolina

Compare Cecilia of Rome

The 53 best-known contemporaries

53 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Cecilia of Rome. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 216.

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
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
Macrinus c. AD 164 – AD 218
Decius AD 201 – AD 251
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
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
Cao Pi AD 187 – AD 226
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
Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240