Hadrian · Ptolemy Were Hadrian and Ptolemy alive at the same time? Yes. Hadrian and Ptolemy were alive at the same time, from c. AD 100 to AD 138. Hadrian14th Roman EmperorBorn 24 January AD 76 · died 10 July AD 138, aged 62Ptolemy2nd-century Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographerBorn c. AD 100 · died c. AD 170 Pliny the ElderPlutarchEpictetusTacitusHadrianPtolemyMarcus AureliusNagarjuna Hadrian and Ptolemy in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.