Elagabalus

Roman emperor

Born 20 March AD 203 · died 11 March AD 222, aged 18
Also known as Varius Avitus, Tiberinus, Heliogabalus

Who was alive at the same time as Elagabalus?

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When Elagabalus was born, Septimius Severus was 56 or 57, Caracalla was 14, Decius was 1 or 2, Maximinus Thrax was 29 or 30 and Saint Valentine was 27 or 28.

When Elagabalus died, Plotinus was 16 or 17, Aurelian was 7, Severus Alexander was 13, Decius was 20 or 21 and Maximinus Thrax was 48 or 49.

Born during Elagabalus’s lifetime: Plotinus, Aurelian, Pope Sixtus II, Severus Alexander, Mani, Claudius Gothicus, Gallienus and Aemilianus.

Not quite contemporaries: Commodus died about 11 years before Elagabalus was born, Didius Julianus died about 10 years before Elagabalus was born, Pertinax died about 10 years before Elagabalus was born and Gordian III was born about 3 years after Elagabalus died.

What happened in Elagabalus’s lifetime

Battle of Red Cliffs AD 208Elagabalus was 4 or 5

Where Elagabalus’s contemporaries were born

Elagabalus 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 50 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Elagabalus: Rome
Septimius Severus: Leptis Magna
Nagarjuna: South India
Clement of Alexandria: Athens
Macrinus: Cherchell
Maximinus Thrax: Thrace
Saint Valentine: Terni
Pope Cornelius: Rome
Origen: Alexandria
Caracalla: Lugdunum
Pope Dionysius: Roman Empire
Pope Fabian: Rome
Diophantus: Alexandria
Valerian: Roman Empire
Decius: Martinci
Philip the Arab: Shahba
Plotinus: Asyut
Severus Alexander: Tell Arqa
Pope Sixtus II: Greece
Mani: Ctesiphon
Claudius Gothicus: Sremska Mitrovica
Aurelian: Sirmium
Gordian I: Phrygia
Ardashir I: Istakhr
Geta: Rome
Aemilianus: Djerba
Tacitus: Terni
Trebonianus Gallus: Perugia
Quintillus: Sirmium
Hippolytus of Rome: Anatolia
Cecilia of Rome: Rome
Zhuge Liang: Yinan County
Ulpian: Tyre
Guan Yu: Yanhu District
Cao Pi: Bozhou
Sun Quan: Zhejiang
Novatian: Phrygia
Herodian: Roman Empire
Papinian: Homs
Dionysius of Alexandria: Alexandria
Sextus Julius Africanus: Aelia Capitolina

Compare Elagabalus

The 49 best-known contemporaries

49 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Elagabalus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 213.

Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
Caracalla AD 188 – AD 217
Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
Pope Sixtus II c. AD 215 – AD 258
Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
Severus Alexander AD 208 – AD 235
Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
Pope Fabian c. 200s – AD 250
Macrinus c. AD 164 – AD 218
Decius AD 201 – AD 251
Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
Philip the Arab c. AD 204 – AD 249
Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
Maximinus Thrax AD 173 – AD 238
Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
Gallienus c. AD 218 – AD 268
Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
Geta AD 189 – AD 211
Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
Aemilianus AD 207 – AD 253
Balbinus AD 178 – AD 238
Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
Trebonianus Gallus AD 206 – AD 253
Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
Gordian II 190s – AD 238
Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
Cecilia of Rome c. AD 200 – c. AD 230
Diadumenian AD 208 – AD 218
Zhuge Liang AD 181 – AD 234
Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
Cao Pi AD 187 – AD 226
Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
Novatian AD 220 – AD 258
Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
Papinian AD 142 – c. AD 212
Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240