Who Was Alive
Commodus
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Commodus

Roman emperor

Born 31 August AD 161 · died 31 December AD 192, aged 31
Also known as Marcus Aurelius Gaius Antoninus

Who was alive at the same time as Commodus?

  1. Appian, c. AD 95 – c. AD 165
  2. Ptolemy, c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
  3. Justin Martyr, c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  4. Lucian, c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
  5. Marcus Aurelius, AD 121 – AD 180
  6. Pertinax, AD 126 – AD 193
  7. Irenaeus, c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
  8. Lucius Verus, AD 130 – AD 169
  9. Didius Julianus, AD 133 – AD 193
  10. Septimius Severus, AD 146 – AD 211
  11. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  12. Clement of Alexandria, c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  13. Cao Cao, AD 155 – AD 220
  14. Tertullian, c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  15. Gordian I, AD 159 – AD 238
  16. Commodus, AD 161 – AD 192
  17. Macrinus, c. AD 164 – AD 218
  18. Maximinus Thrax, AD 173 – AD 238
  19. Saint Valentine, AD 175 – AD 273
  20. Pope Cornelius, c. AD 180 – AD 253
  21. Ardashir I, AD 180 – c. AD 242
  22. Origen, c. AD 184 – AD 254
  23. Caracalla, AD 188 – AD 217
  24. Geta, AD 189 – AD 211

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When Commodus was born, Marcus Aurelius was 40, Septimius Severus was 14 or 15, Didius Julianus was 27 or 28, Pertinax was 35 and Lucius Verus was 30.

When Commodus died, Septimius Severus was 45 or 46, Caracalla was 4, Didius Julianus was 59, Macrinus was 27 or 28 and Pertinax was 66.

Born during Commodus’s lifetime: Caracalla, Origen, Pope Cornelius, Macrinus, Maximinus Thrax, Saint Valentine, Ardashir I and Geta.

Not quite contemporaries: Plotinus was born about 13 years after Commodus died, Antoninus Pius died months before Commodus was born, Elagabalus was born about 11 years after Commodus died and Pope Dionysius was born about 5 years after Commodus died.

Where Commodus’s contemporaries were born

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Birthplaces as a list

Compare Commodus

The 43 best-known contemporaries

43 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Commodus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 177.

  1. Marcus Aurelius AD 121 – AD 180
  2. Ptolemy c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
  3. Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  4. Lucian c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
  5. Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  6. Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
  7. Caracalla AD 188 – AD 217
  8. Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
  9. Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
  10. Didius Julianus AD 133 – AD 193
  11. Macrinus c. AD 164 – AD 218
  12. Pertinax AD 126 – AD 193
  13. Irenaeus c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
  14. Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  15. Lucius Verus AD 130 – AD 169
  16. Maximinus Thrax AD 173 – AD 238
  17. Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
  18. Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
  19. Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
  20. Justin Martyr c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  21. Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
  22. Geta AD 189 – AD 211
  23. Appian c. AD 95 – c. AD 165
  24. Arrian c. AD 91 – c. AD 176
  25. Pausanias c. AD 113 – c. AD 180
  26. Balbinus AD 178 – AD 238
  27. Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
  28. Zhuge Liang AD 181 – AD 234
  29. Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
  30. Aulus Gellius c. AD 130 – c. AD 180
  31. Tatian c. AD 120 – c. AD 173
  32. Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
  33. Clodius Albinus AD 150 – AD 197
  34. Cao Pi AD 187 – AD 226
  35. Gaius c. 120s – c. AD 180
  36. Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
  37. Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
  38. Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
  39. Papinian AD 142 – c. AD 212
  40. Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
  41. Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
  42. Herodes Atticus c. AD 101 – AD 177
  43. Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240