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Didius Julianus
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Didius Julianus

Roman emperor

Born AD 133 · died 1 June AD 193, aged 59 or 60
Also known as Marcus Didius Severus Julianus, Marcus Didius Iulianus, Julian I

Who was alive at the same time as Didius Julianus?

  1. Hadrian, AD 76 – AD 138
  2. Zhang Heng, AD 78 – AD 139
  3. Antoninus Pius, AD 86 – AD 161
  4. Ptolemy, c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
  5. Justin Martyr, c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  6. Lucian, c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
  7. Marcus Aurelius, AD 121 – AD 180
  8. Pertinax, AD 126 – AD 193
  9. Irenaeus, c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
  10. Lucius Verus, AD 130 – AD 169
  11. Didius Julianus, AD 133 – AD 193
  12. Septimius Severus, AD 146 – AD 211
  13. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  14. Clement of Alexandria, c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  15. Cao Cao, AD 155 – AD 220
  16. Tertullian, c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  17. Gordian I, AD 159 – AD 238
  18. Commodus, AD 161 – AD 192
  19. Macrinus, c. AD 164 – AD 218
  20. Maximinus Thrax, AD 173 – AD 238
  21. Saint Valentine, AD 175 – AD 273
  22. Pope Cornelius, c. AD 180 – AD 253
  23. Origen, c. AD 184 – AD 254
  24. Caracalla, AD 188 – AD 217

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When Didius Julianus was born, Marcus Aurelius was 11 or 12, Hadrian was 56 or 57, Antoninus Pius was 46 or 47, Pertinax was 6 or 7 and Lucius Verus was 2 or 3.

When Didius Julianus died, Septimius Severus was 46 or 47, Caracalla was 5, Maximinus Thrax was 19 or 20, Saint Valentine was 17 or 18 and Cao Cao was 37 or 38.

Born during Didius Julianus’s lifetime: Nagarjuna, Tertullian, Septimius Severus, Caracalla, Commodus, Origen, Pope Cornelius and Macrinus.

Not quite contemporaries: Plutarch died about 10 years before Didius Julianus was born, Tacitus died about 10 years before Didius Julianus was born, Trajan died about 13 years before Didius Julianus was born and Plotinus was born about 12 years after Didius Julianus died.

Where Didius Julianus’s contemporaries were born

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The 53 best-known contemporaries

53 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Didius Julianus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 163.

  1. Marcus Aurelius AD 121 – AD 180
  2. Ptolemy c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
  3. Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  4. Hadrian AD 76 – AD 138
  5. Lucian c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
  6. Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  7. Antoninus Pius AD 86 – AD 161
  8. Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
  9. Caracalla AD 188 – AD 217
  10. Commodus AD 161 – AD 192
  11. Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
  12. Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
  13. Macrinus c. AD 164 – AD 218
  14. Pertinax AD 126 – AD 193
  15. Irenaeus c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
  16. Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  17. Lucius Verus AD 130 – AD 169
  18. Maximinus Thrax AD 173 – AD 238
  19. Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
  20. Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
  21. Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
  22. Justin Martyr c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  23. Zhang Heng AD 78 – AD 139
  24. Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
  25. Geta AD 189 – AD 211
  26. Appian c. AD 95 – c. AD 165
  27. Arrian c. AD 91 – c. AD 176
  28. Pausanias c. AD 113 – c. AD 180
  29. Balbinus AD 178 – AD 238
  30. Polycarp c. AD 69 – AD 155
  31. Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
  32. Zhuge Liang AD 181 – AD 234
  33. Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
  34. Aulus Gellius c. AD 130 – c. AD 180
  35. Rabbi Akiva c. AD 50 – AD 135
  36. Kanishka AD 78 – AD 144
  37. Marcion of Sinope c. AD 90 – c. AD 160
  38. Tatian c. AD 120 – c. AD 173
  39. Aśvaghoṣa AD 80 – AD 150
  40. Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
  41. Clodius Albinus AD 150 – AD 197
  42. Cao Pi AD 187 – AD 226
  43. Gaius c. 120s – c. AD 180
  44. Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
  45. Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
  46. Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
  47. Papinian AD 142 – c. AD 212
  48. Florus c. AD 72 – c. AD 140
  49. Marcus Cornelius Fronto c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  50. Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
  51. Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
  52. Herodes Atticus c. AD 101 – AD 177
  53. Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240