Hostilian

Roman emperor

Born AD 228–235 · died November AD 251
Also known as Hostilianus, Hostilianus Perpenna, Valens Hostilianus

Who was alive at the same time as Hostilian?

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When Hostilian died, Plotinus was 45 or 46, Aurelian was 37, Constantius Chlorus was about a year old, Saint Valentine was 75 or 76 and Claudius Gothicus was 37.

Born during Hostilian’s lifetime: Diocletian, Constantius Chlorus, Maximian, Zenobia, Iamblichus, Carinus, Lactantius and Gregory the Illuminator.

Not quite contemporaries: Caracalla died about 11 years before Hostilian was born, Elagabalus died about 6 years before Hostilian was born, Eusebius was born about 12 years after Hostilian died and Macrinus died about 10 years before Hostilian was born.

Where Hostilian’s contemporaries were born

Hostilian is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (46 of 54 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Hostilian: Sremska Mitrovica
Nagarjuna: South India
Gordian I: Phrygia
Maximinus Thrax: Thrace
Saint Valentine: Terni
Pope Cornelius: Rome
Origen: Alexandria
Pope Dionysius: Roman Empire
Pope Fabian: Rome
Diophantus: Alexandria
Valerian: Roman Empire
Decius: Martinci
Philip the Arab: Shahba
Plotinus: Asyut
Pope Sixtus II: Greece
Mani: Ctesiphon
Claudius Gothicus: Sremska Mitrovica
Aurelian: Sirmium
Gordian III: Rome
Porphyry of Tyre: Tyre
Diocletian: Doclea
Constantius Chlorus: Dardania
Ardashir I: Istakhr
Saint Lawrence: Osca
Maximian: Sirmium
Aemilianus: Djerba
Probus: Sirmium
Tacitus: Terni
Trebonianus Gallus: Perugia
Quintillus: Sirmium
Agatha of Sicily: Catania
Zenobia: Palmyra
Carus: Narbonne
Florianus: Terni
Iamblichus: Qinnasrin
Herennius Etruscus: Pannonia
Gregory the Illuminator: Armenia
Saloninus: Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium
Sun Quan: Zhejiang
Novatian: Phrygia
Pope Alexander I of Alexandria: Alexandria
Herodian: Roman Empire
Paul of Thebes: Egypt
Dionysius of Alexandria: Alexandria
Liu Hui: Zibo
Sextus Julius Africanus: Aelia Capitolina

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The 53 best-known contemporaries

53 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Hostilian. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 243.

Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
Diocletian 240s – AD 316
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
Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
Pope Fabian c. 200s – AD 250
Decius AD 201 – AD 251
Philip the Arab c. AD 204 – AD 249
Constantius Chlorus AD 250 – AD 306
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
Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
Gordian III AD 225 – AD 244
Gallienus c. AD 218 – AD 268
Porphyry of Tyre c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
Saint Lawrence AD 225 – AD 258
Maximian c. AD 245 – AD 310
Aemilianus AD 207 – AD 253
Probus AD 232 – AD 282
Balbinus AD 178 – AD 238
Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
Trebonianus Gallus AD 206 – AD 253
Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
Agatha of Sicily AD 235 – AD 261
Gordian II 190s – AD 238
Zenobia c. AD 240 – AD 274
Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
Florianus AD 232 – AD 276
Iamblichus c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
Carinus AD 250 – AD 285
Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
Volusianus AD 230 – AD 253
Herennius Etruscus c. AD 227 – AD 251
Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
Saloninus AD 242 – AD 260
Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
Novatian AD 220 – AD 258
Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240