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Gordian III
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Gordian III

Roman emperor

Born 20 January AD 225 · died 11 February AD 244, aged 19
Also known as Marcus Antonius Gordianus, Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius, Gordianus III

Who was alive at the same time as Gordian III?

  1. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  2. Tertullian, c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  3. Gordian I, AD 159 – AD 238
  4. Maximinus Thrax, AD 173 – AD 238
  5. Saint Valentine, AD 175 – AD 273
  6. Pope Cornelius, c. AD 180 – AD 253
  7. Ardashir I, AD 180 – c. AD 242
  8. Origen, c. AD 184 – AD 254
  9. Pope Dionysius, c. AD 200 – AD 268
  10. Pope Fabian, c. 200s – AD 250
  11. Cyprian, c. AD 200 – AD 258
  12. Diophantus, c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  13. Valerian, c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  14. Decius, AD 201 – AD 251
  15. Philip the Arab, c. AD 204 – AD 249
  16. Plotinus, AD 205 – AD 270
  17. Severus Alexander, AD 208 – AD 235
  18. Pope Sixtus II, c. AD 215 – AD 258
  19. Mani, c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  20. Claudius Gothicus, AD 214 – AD 270
  21. Aurelian, AD 214 – AD 275
  22. Gallienus, c. AD 218 – AD 268
  23. Gordian III, AD 225 – AD 244
  24. Porphyry of Tyre, c. AD 233 – c. AD 301

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When Gordian III was born, Plotinus was 19 or 20, Aurelian was 10, Severus Alexander was 16, Decius was 23 or 24 and Maximinus Thrax was 51 or 52.

When Gordian III died, Plotinus was 38 or 39, Aurelian was 29, Decius was 42 or 43, Saint Valentine was 68 or 69 and Claudius Gothicus was 29.

Born during Gordian III’s lifetime: Porphyry of Tyre, Saint Lawrence, Probus, Agatha of Sicily, Zenobia, Florianus, Hostilian and Lactantius.

Not quite contemporaries: Septimius Severus died about 14 years before Gordian III was born, Caracalla died about 8 years before Gordian III was born, Elagabalus died about 3 years before Gordian III was born and Arius was born about 6 years after Gordian III died.

Where Gordian III’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 Gordian III. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 235.

  1. Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  2. Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
  3. Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  4. Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
  5. Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
  6. Pope Sixtus II c. AD 215 – AD 258
  7. Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
  8. Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  9. Severus Alexander AD 208 – AD 235
  10. Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
  11. Pope Fabian c. 200s – AD 250
  12. Decius AD 201 – AD 251
  13. Philip the Arab c. AD 204 – AD 249
  14. Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  15. Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  16. Maximinus Thrax AD 173 – AD 238
  17. Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
  18. Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
  19. Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
  20. Gallienus c. AD 218 – AD 268
  21. Porphyry of Tyre c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  22. Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
  23. Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
  24. Saint Lawrence AD 225 – AD 258
  25. Aemilianus AD 207 – AD 253
  26. Probus AD 232 – AD 282
  27. Balbinus AD 178 – AD 238
  28. Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
  29. Trebonianus Gallus AD 206 – AD 253
  30. Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
  31. Agatha of Sicily AD 235 – AD 261
  32. Gordian II 190s – AD 238
  33. Zenobia c. AD 240 – AD 274
  34. Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
  35. Cecilia of Rome c. AD 200 – c. AD 230
  36. Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
  37. Zhuge Liang AD 181 – AD 234
  38. Florianus AD 232 – AD 276
  39. Hostilian c. AD 232 – AD 251
  40. Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
  41. Volusianus AD 230 – AD 253
  42. Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
  43. Herennius Etruscus c. AD 227 – AD 251
  44. Cao Pi AD 187 – AD 226
  45. Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
  46. Saloninus AD 242 – AD 260
  47. Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
  48. Novatian AD 220 – AD 258
  49. Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
  50. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  51. Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
  52. Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
  53. Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240