Galla Placidia

Politician

Born AD 386 · died 27 November AD 450, aged 63 or 64
Also known as Aelia Galla Placidia

Who was alive at the same time as Galla Placidia?

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When Galla Placidia was born, Augustine of Hippo was 31 or 32, Theodosius I was 38 or 39, Pope Siricius was 51 or 52, Pope Anastasius I was 45 or 46 and Honorius was 1 or 2.

When Galla Placidia died, Pope Gelasius I was 39 or 40, Julius Nepos was 19 or 20, Valentinian III was 31, Zeno was 24 or 25 and Gaiseric was 60 or 61.

Born during Galla Placidia’s lifetime: Pope Leo I, Pope Gelasius I, Pope Sixtus III, Pope Simplicius, Odoacer, Pope Felix III, Theodosius II and Pope Hilarius.

Not quite contemporaries: Basil of Caesarea died about 6 years before Galla Placidia was born, Clovis I was born about 14 years after Galla Placidia died, Athanasius of Alexandria died about 13 years before Galla Placidia was born and Theodoric the Great was born about 4 years after Galla Placidia died.

What happened in Galla Placidia’s lifetime

Visigoths sack Rome AD 410Galla Placidia was 23 or 24

Where Galla Placidia’s contemporaries were born

Galla Placidia is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (68 of 81 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Galla Placidia: Constantinople
Martin of Tours: Savaria
Ammianus Marcellinus: Antioch
Gregory of Nazianzus: Nazianzus
Pope Siricius: Rome
Ambrose: Augusta Treverorum
Pope Anastasius I: Rome
Jerome: Dalmatia
John Chrysostom: Antioch
Theodosius I: Coca
Augustine of Hippo: Thagaste
Hypatia: Alexandria
Pope Boniface I: Rome
Arcadius: Hispania
Saint Patrick: Roman Britain
Honorius: Istanbul
Pope Leo I: Tuscany
Pope Sixtus III: Rome
Theodosius II: Constantinople
Pope Gelasius I: Africa
Pope Hilarius: Sardinia
Pope Simplicius: Tivoli
Pope Felix III: Rome
Cyril of Alexandria: El Mahalla El Kubra
Julius Nepos: Dalmatia
Nestorius: Kahramanmaraş
Valentinian III: Ravenna
Zeno: Zenopolis in Isauria
Gaiseric: Lake Balaton
Flavius Aetius: Silistra
Marcian: Thrace
Ausonius: Bordeaux
Anastasius I Dicorus: Durrës
Leo I: Thrace
Proclus: Constantinople
Claudian: Alexandria
Petronius Maximus: Rome
Avitus: Clermont-Ferrand
Valentinian II: Augusta Treverorum
Constantius III: Niš
Stilicho: Constantinople
Anthemius: Constantinople
Glycerius: Dalmatia
Sidonius Apollinaris: Lugdunum
Faxian: Xiangyuan County
Orosius: Braga
Libius Severus: Lucania
Aurelius Victor: Africa
Magnus Maximus: Hispania
Kumārajīva: Kushan Empire
Saint Monica: Thagaste
Pelagius: Roman Britain
Socrates of Constantinople: Constantinople
Genevieve: Nanterre
Tao Yuanming: Lushan City
Syagrius: Lyon
Prudentius: Calahorra
Macrobius: Rome
John Cassian: Dobruja
Synesius: Cyrene
Pulcheria: Constantinople
Libanius: Antioch
Mary of Egypt: Alexandria
Priscus: Panion
Martianus Capella: M'Daourouch
Simeon Stylites: Kozan
Sozomen: Beit Lahia
Aelia Eudocia: Athens

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The 88 best-known contemporaries

88 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Galla Placidia. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 419.

Augustine of Hippo AD 354 – AD 430
Hypatia c. AD 360 – AD 415
Jerome c. AD 345 – c. AD 420
John Chrysostom c. AD 350 – AD 407
Ambrose c. AD 339 – AD 397
Pope Leo I c. AD 394 – AD 461
Theodosius I AD 347 – AD 395
Gregory of Nazianzus c. AD 330 – c. AD 390
Pope Gelasius I AD 410 – AD 496
Martin of Tours c. AD 327 – AD 397
Pope Sixtus III c. AD 390 – AD 440
Pope Siricius AD 334 – AD 399
Pope Boniface I c. AD 370 – AD 422
Pope Simplicius c. AD 420 – AD 483
Ammianus Marcellinus c. AD 330 – c. AD 395
Pope Anastasius I AD 340 – AD 401
Saint Patrick c. AD 385 – c. AD 461
Honorius AD 384 – AD 423
Odoacer c. AD 433 – AD 493
Pope Felix III c. AD 440 – AD 492
Theodosius II AD 401 – AD 450
Arcadius AD 377 – AD 408
Pope Hilarius c. AD 415 – AD 468
Cyril of Alexandria AD 376 – AD 444
Julius Nepos AD 430 – AD 480
Mesrop Mashtots c. AD 362 – AD 440
Nestorius 380s – c. AD 451
Valentinian III AD 419 – AD 455
Zeno AD 425 – AD 491
Gaiseric AD 389 – AD 477
Flavius Aetius 390s – AD 454
Marcian AD 392 – AD 457
Ausonius AD 310 – AD 395
Majorian 420s – AD 461
Anastasius I Dicorus AD 430 – AD 518
Leo I c. AD 401 – AD 474
Proclus AD 412 – AD 485
Claudian c. AD 370 – c. AD 405
Theodoric I AD 393 – AD 451
Petronius Maximus c. AD 396 – AD 455
Avitus AD 395 – AD 457
Valentinian II AD 371 – AD 392
Constantius III c. AD 370 – AD 421
Childeric I c. AD 436 – c. AD 481
Stilicho AD 359 – AD 408
Anthemius AD 420 – AD 472
Glycerius AD 430 – 480s
Sidonius Apollinaris c. AD 430 – c. AD 489
Epiphanius of Salamis c. AD 315 – AD 403
Faxian c. AD 339 – c. AD 423
Orosius c. AD 385 – c. AD 418
Libius Severus AD 420 – AD 465
Aurelius Victor c. AD 321 – c. AD 391
Bahram V AD 406 – c. AD 439
Magnus Maximus AD 335 – AD 388
Kumārajīva c. AD 345 – AD 413
Saint Monica AD 332 – AD 387
Pelagius c. AD 354 – c. AD 420
Socrates of Constantinople c. AD 380 – c. AD 440
Genevieve AD 423 – AD 502
Tao Yuanming AD 365 – AD 427
Syagrius c. AD 430 – c. AD 487
Prudentius AD 348 – c. AD 411
Macrobius c. AD 370 – c. AD 431
John Cassian AD 360 – AD 435
Synesius AD 370 – AD 413
Chlodio c. AD 393 – AD 448
Pulcheria AD 399 – AD 453
Euric AD 420 – AD 484
Theodoric II AD 426 – AD 466
Libanius c. AD 314 – AD 393
Mary of Egypt c. AD 344 – c. AD 421
Priscus c. AD 410 – c. AD 471
Thorismund c. AD 420 – AD 453
Emperor Nintoku AD 290 – AD 399
Martianus Capella c. AD 360 – c. AD 428
Simeon Stylites c. AD 390 – AD 459
Sozomen c. AD 400 – c. AD 450
Aelia Eudocia 400s – AD 460
Ricimer AD 405 – AD 472
Evagrius Ponticus c. AD 345 – AD 399
Sigeric c. 370s – AD 415
Peter Chrysologus AD 380 – AD 450
Movses Khorenatsi c. AD 410 – c. AD 489
Isidore of Miletus AD 442 – AD 537
Macarius of Egypt c. AD 301 – AD 391
Eugenius AD 345 – AD 394
Zu Chongzhi AD 429 – AD 501