Who Was Alive
Constans
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Constans

Roman emperor

Born AD 320–324 · died 18 January AD 350
Also known as Constans I, Flavius Julius Constans, Flavius Julius Constans Augustus

Who was alive at the same time as Constans?

  1. Helena, mother of Constantine I, c. AD 250 – AD 330
  2. Arius, 250s – AD 336
  3. Anthony the Great, AD 251 – c. AD 357
  4. Licinius, c. AD 263 – AD 325
  5. Eusebius, c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  6. Constantine the Great, c. AD 272 – AD 337
  7. Athanasius of Alexandria, AD 296 – AD 373
  8. Pope Damasus I, AD 305 – AD 384
  9. Pope Liberius, c. AD 310 – AD 366
  10. Martin of Tours, c. AD 327 – AD 397
  11. Constantine II, AD 316 – AD 340
  12. Constantius II, AD 317 – AD 361
  13. Constans, c. AD 322 – AD 350
  14. Valentinian I, AD 321 – AD 375
  15. Ammianus Marcellinus, c. AD 330 – c. AD 395
  16. Valens, AD 328 – AD 378
  17. Basil of Caesarea, AD 329 – AD 379
  18. Gregory of Nazianzus, c. AD 330 – c. AD 390
  19. Julian, AD 331 – AD 363
  20. Pope Siricius, AD 334 – AD 399
  21. Ambrose, c. AD 339 – AD 397
  22. Pope Anastasius I, AD 340 – AD 401
  23. Jerome, c. AD 345 – c. AD 420
  24. Theodosius I, AD 347 – AD 395

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When Constans died, Julian was 18, Theodosius I was 3, Basil of Caesarea was 20 or 21, Athanasius of Alexandria was 53 or 54 and Pope Damasus I was 44 or 45.

Born during Constans’s lifetime: Jerome, Ambrose, Julian, Theodosius I, Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, Pope Siricius and Ammianus Marcellinus.

Not quite contemporaries: Augustine of Hippo was born about 4 years after Constans died, Hypatia was born about 8 years after Constans died, Diocletian died about 4 years before Constans was born and Saint George died about 15 years before Constans was born.

What happened in Constans’s lifetime

Where Constans’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Constans

The 56 best-known contemporaries

56 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Constans. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 337.

  1. Constantine the Great c. AD 272 – AD 337
  2. Jerome c. AD 345 – c. AD 420
  3. Ambrose c. AD 339 – AD 397
  4. Julian AD 331 – AD 363
  5. Theodosius I AD 347 – AD 395
  6. Basil of Caesarea AD 329 – AD 379
  7. Gregory of Nazianzus c. AD 330 – c. AD 390
  8. Athanasius of Alexandria AD 296 – AD 373
  9. Pope Damasus I AD 305 – AD 384
  10. Martin of Tours c. AD 327 – AD 397
  11. Arius 250s – AD 336
  12. Eusebius c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  13. Pope Liberius c. AD 310 – AD 366
  14. Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
  15. Pope Siricius AD 334 – AD 399
  16. Constantius II AD 317 – AD 361
  17. Ammianus Marcellinus c. AD 330 – c. AD 395
  18. Pope Anastasius I AD 340 – AD 401
  19. Valentinian I AD 321 – AD 375
  20. Helena, mother of Constantine I c. AD 250 – AD 330
  21. Valens AD 328 – AD 378
  22. Licinius c. AD 263 – AD 325
  23. Constantine II AD 316 – AD 340
  24. Jovian AD 331 – AD 364
  25. Ephrem the Syrian c. AD 306 – AD 373
  26. Shapur II c. AD 310 – AD 379
  27. Hilary of Poitiers AD 315 – AD 367
  28. Ausonius AD 310 – AD 395
  29. Ulfilas c. AD 309 – AD 383
  30. Pappus of Alexandria c. AD 290 – c. AD 350
  31. Cyril of Jerusalem c. AD 313 – c. AD 386
  32. Epiphanius of Salamis c. AD 315 – AD 403
  33. Samudragupta AD 335 – AD 380
  34. Faxian c. AD 339 – c. AD 423
  35. Aurelius Victor c. AD 321 – c. AD 391
  36. Magnus Maximus AD 335 – AD 388
  37. Kumārajīva c. AD 345 – AD 413
  38. Saint Monica AD 332 – AD 387
  39. Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
  40. Magnentius AD 303 – AD 353
  41. Prudentius AD 348 – c. AD 411
  42. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
  43. Pachomius the Great AD 292 – AD 348
  44. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  45. Libanius c. AD 314 – AD 393
  46. Mary of Egypt c. AD 344 – c. AD 421
  47. Emperor Nintoku AD 290 – AD 399
  48. Ardashir II 310s – AD 383
  49. Saint Nino AD 296 – AD 335
  50. Athanaric AD 318 – AD 381
  51. Evagrius Ponticus c. AD 345 – AD 399
  52. Arnobius AD 255 – AD 327
  53. Saint Marinus AD 275 – AD 366
  54. Macarius of Egypt c. AD 301 – AD 391
  55. Eugenius AD 345 – AD 394
  56. Ermanaric c. AD 291 – c. AD 376