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Gordian II
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Gordian II

Roman emperor

Born 190s · died 12 April AD 238
Also known as Emperor of Rome Gordian II

Who was alive at the same time as Gordian II?

  1. Irenaeus, c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
  2. Septimius Severus, AD 146 – AD 211
  3. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  4. Clement of Alexandria, c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  5. Tertullian, c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  6. Macrinus, c. AD 164 – AD 218
  7. Maximinus Thrax, AD 173 – AD 238
  8. Saint Valentine, AD 175 – AD 273
  9. Pope Cornelius, c. AD 180 – AD 253
  10. Origen, c. AD 184 – AD 254
  11. Caracalla, AD 188 – AD 217
  12. Gordian II, 190s – AD 238
  13. Pope Dionysius, c. AD 200 – AD 268
  14. Pope Fabian, c. 200s – AD 250
  15. Diophantus, c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  16. Valerian, c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  17. Decius, AD 201 – AD 251
  18. Philip the Arab, c. AD 204 – AD 249
  19. Elagabalus, AD 203 – AD 222
  20. Plotinus, AD 205 – AD 270
  21. Severus Alexander, AD 208 – AD 235
  22. Pope Sixtus II, c. AD 215 – AD 258
  23. Mani, c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  24. Aurelian, AD 214 – AD 275

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When Gordian II died, Plotinus was 32 or 33, Aurelian was 23, Decius was 36 or 37, Maximinus Thrax was 64 or 65 and Saint Valentine was 62 or 63.

Born during Gordian II’s lifetime: Plotinus, Aurelian, Elagabalus, Pope Sixtus II, Severus Alexander, Decius, Philip the Arab and Mani.

Not quite contemporaries: Marcus Aurelius died about 9 years before Gordian II was born, Lucian died about 7 years before Gordian II was born, Diocletian was born about 2 years after Gordian II died and Arius was born about 12 years after Gordian II died.

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Where Gordian II’s contemporaries were born

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The 62 best-known contemporaries

62 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Gordian II. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 219.

  1. Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  2. Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
  3. Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  4. Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
  5. Caracalla AD 188 – AD 217
  6. Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
  7. Elagabalus AD 203 – AD 222
  8. Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
  9. Pope Sixtus II c. AD 215 – AD 258
  10. Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
  11. Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  12. Severus Alexander AD 208 – AD 235
  13. Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
  14. Pope Fabian c. 200s – AD 250
  15. Macrinus c. AD 164 – AD 218
  16. Decius AD 201 – AD 251
  17. Irenaeus c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
  18. Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  19. Philip the Arab c. AD 204 – AD 249
  20. Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  21. Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  22. Maximinus Thrax AD 173 – AD 238
  23. Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
  24. Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
  25. Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
  26. Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
  27. Gordian III AD 225 – AD 244
  28. Gallienus c. AD 218 – AD 268
  29. Porphyry of Tyre c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  30. Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
  31. Geta AD 189 – AD 211
  32. Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
  33. Saint Lawrence AD 225 – AD 258
  34. Aemilianus AD 207 – AD 253
  35. Probus AD 232 – AD 282
  36. Balbinus AD 178 – AD 238
  37. Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
  38. Trebonianus Gallus AD 206 – AD 253
  39. Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
  40. Agatha of Sicily AD 235 – AD 261
  41. Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
  42. Cecilia of Rome c. AD 200 – c. AD 230
  43. Diadumenian AD 208 – AD 218
  44. Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
  45. Zhuge Liang AD 181 – AD 234
  46. Florianus AD 232 – AD 276
  47. Hostilian c. AD 232 – AD 251
  48. Volusianus AD 230 – AD 253
  49. Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
  50. Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
  51. Herennius Etruscus c. AD 227 – AD 251
  52. Cao Pi AD 187 – AD 226
  53. Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
  54. Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
  55. Novatian AD 220 – AD 258
  56. Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
  57. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  58. Papinian AD 142 – c. AD 212
  59. Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
  60. Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
  61. Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
  62. Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240