Clodius Albinus

Roman politician

Born AD 150 · died 19 February AD 197, aged 46 or 47
Also known as Decimus Clodius Albinus, Emperor of Rome Clodius Albinus

Who was alive at the same time as Clodius Albinus?

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When Clodius Albinus was born, Marcus Aurelius was 28 or 29, Antoninus Pius was 63 or 64, Septimius Severus was 3 or 4, Didius Julianus was 16 or 17 and Pertinax was 23 or 24.

When Clodius Albinus died, Septimius Severus was 50 or 51, Caracalla was 8, Maximinus Thrax was 23 or 24, Saint Valentine was 21 or 22 and Cao Cao was 41 or 42.

Born during Clodius Albinus’s lifetime: Tertullian, Caracalla, Commodus, Origen, Pope Cornelius, Macrinus, Maximinus Thrax and Saint Valentine.

Not quite contemporaries: Epictetus died about 11 years before Clodius Albinus was born, Hadrian died about 11 years before Clodius Albinus was born, Plotinus was born about 8 years after Clodius Albinus died and Elagabalus was born about 6 years after Clodius Albinus died.

Where Clodius Albinus’s contemporaries were born

Clodius Albinus is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (41 of 48 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Clodius Albinus: Hadrumetum
Antoninus Pius: Lanuvium
Ptolemy: Ptolemais Hermiou
Justin Martyr: Nablus
Lucian: Samosata
Marcus Aurelius: Rome
Pertinax: Alba
Irenaeus: İzmir
Lucius Verus: Rome
Didius Julianus: Mediolanum
Septimius Severus: Leptis Magna
Nagarjuna: South India
Clement of Alexandria: Athens
Gordian I: Phrygia
Commodus: Lanuvium
Macrinus: Cherchell
Maximinus Thrax: Thrace
Saint Valentine: Terni
Pope Cornelius: Rome
Ardashir I: Istakhr
Origen: Alexandria
Caracalla: Lugdunum
Geta: Rome
Appian: Alexandria
Arrian: Nicomedia
Pausanias: Asia
Polycarp: İzmir
Hippolytus of Rome: Anatolia
Zhuge Liang: Yinan County
Ulpian: Tyre
Aulus Gellius: Rome
Marcion of Sinope: Sinop
Guan Yu: Yanhu District
Cao Pi: Bozhou
Sun Quan: Zhejiang
Herodian: Roman Empire
Papinian: Homs
Marcus Cornelius Fronto: Cirta
Dionysius of Alexandria: Alexandria
Herodes Atticus: Marathon
Sextus Julius Africanus: Aelia Capitolina

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The 47 best-known contemporaries

47 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Clodius Albinus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 174.

Marcus Aurelius AD 121 – AD 180
Ptolemy c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
Lucian c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
Antoninus Pius AD 86 – AD 161
Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
Caracalla AD 188 – AD 217
Commodus AD 161 – AD 192
Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
Didius Julianus AD 133 – AD 193
Macrinus c. AD 164 – AD 218
Pertinax AD 126 – AD 193
Irenaeus c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
Lucius Verus AD 130 – AD 169
Maximinus Thrax AD 173 – AD 238
Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
Justin Martyr c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
Geta AD 189 – AD 211
Appian c. AD 95 – c. AD 165
Arrian c. AD 91 – c. AD 176
Pausanias c. AD 113 – c. AD 180
Balbinus AD 178 – AD 238
Polycarp c. AD 69 – AD 155
Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
Zhuge Liang AD 181 – AD 234
Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
Aulus Gellius c. AD 130 – c. AD 180
Marcion of Sinope c. AD 90 – c. AD 160
Tatian c. AD 120 – c. AD 173
Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
Cao Pi AD 187 – AD 226
Gaius c. 120s – c. AD 180
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
Marcus Cornelius Fronto c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
Herodes Atticus c. AD 101 – AD 177
Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240