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Constantine V
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Constantine V

Byzantine emperor

Born AD 718 · died 14 September AD 775, aged 56 or 57
Also known as Konstantinos V, Constantinus V

Who was alive at the same time as Constantine V?

  1. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  2. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  3. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  4. Leo III the Isaurian, AD 675 – AD 741
  5. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  6. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  7. Ja'far al-Sadiq, c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  8. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  9. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  10. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  11. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  12. Malik ibn Anas, c. AD 711 – AD 795
  13. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  14. Pope Stephen II, c. AD 714 – AD 757
  15. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  16. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  17. Constantine V, AD 718 – AD 775
  18. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  19. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  20. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  21. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  22. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  23. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  24. Pope Stephen IV, c. AD 770 – AD 817

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When Constantine V was born, Li Bai was 16 or 17, Du Fu was 5 or 6, Abu Hanifa was 18 or 19, Charles Martel was 29 or 30 and Al-Mansur was 4 or 5.

When Constantine V died, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 53 or 54, Harun al-Rashid was 9, Pope Leo III was 24 or 25, Pope Adrian I was 74 or 75 and Al-Shafi'i was 8.

Born during Constantine V’s lifetime: Charlemagne, Abu Nuwas, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Harun al-Rashid, Pope Leo III, Al-Shafi'i, Pope Stephen IV and Irene of Athens.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Khwarizmi was born about 3 years after Constantine V died, Adi Shankara was born about 11 years after Constantine V died, Louis the Pious was born about 3 years after Constantine V died and Ahmad ibn Hanbal was born about 5 years after Constantine V died.

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Where Constantine V’s contemporaries were born

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The 73 best-known contemporaries

73 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Constantine V. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 747.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  4. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  5. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  6. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  7. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  8. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  9. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  10. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  11. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  12. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  13. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  14. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  15. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  16. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  17. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  18. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  19. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  20. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  21. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  22. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  23. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  24. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  25. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  26. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  27. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  28. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  29. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  30. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  31. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  32. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  33. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  34. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  35. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  36. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  37. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  38. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  39. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  40. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  41. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  42. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  43. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  44. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  45. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  46. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  47. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  48. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  49. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  50. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  51. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  52. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  53. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  54. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  55. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  56. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  57. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  58. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  59. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  60. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  61. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  62. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  63. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  64. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  65. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  66. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  67. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  68. Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
  69. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  70. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  71. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  72. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754
  73. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842