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Ignatius of Antioch
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Ignatius of Antioch

Roman theologian

Born c. AD 35 · died c. AD 108
Also known as Saint Ignatius of Antioch, St. Ignatius, Ignatius Antiochenus

Who was alive at the same time as Ignatius of Antioch?

  1. Claudius, 10 BC – AD 54
  2. Galba, 3 BC – AD 69
  3. Saint Peter, BC – c. AD 66
  4. Paul the Apostle, c. AD 5 – c. AD 66
  5. Vespasian, AD 9 – AD 79
  6. Mark the Evangelist, c. AD 15 – AD 68
  7. Pope Linus, AD 10 – AD 79
  8. Caligula, AD 12 – AD 41
  9. Pliny the Elder, 20s – AD 79
  10. Pope Anacletus, c. AD 25 – 90s
  11. Ignatius of Antioch, c. AD 35 – c. AD 108
  12. Josephus, AD 37 – c. AD 100
  13. Nero, AD 37 – AD 68
  14. Martial, c. AD 40 – AD 104
  15. Titus, AD 39 – AD 81
  16. Plutarch, c. AD 45 – c. AD 120
  17. Epictetus, c. AD 50 – c. AD 131
  18. Domitian, AD 51 – AD 96
  19. Tacitus, c. AD 55 – c. AD 120
  20. Trajan, AD 53 – c. AD 117
  21. Pliny the Younger, c. AD 61 – c. AD 113
  22. Hadrian, AD 76 – AD 138
  23. Antoninus Pius, AD 86 – AD 161
  24. Ptolemy, c. AD 100 – c. AD 170

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Born during Ignatius of Antioch’s lifetime: Plutarch, Tacitus, Ptolemy, Epictetus, Trajan, Hadrian, Titus and Pliny the Younger.

Not quite contemporaries: Marcus Aurelius was born about 11 years after Ignatius of Antioch died, Strabo died about 8 years before Ignatius of Antioch was born, Lucian was born about 7 years after Ignatius of Antioch died and Arminius died about 9 years before Ignatius of Antioch was born.

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Where Ignatius of Antioch’s contemporaries were born

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The 69 best-known contemporaries

69 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Ignatius of Antioch. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 71.

  1. Paul the Apostle c. AD 5 – c. AD 66
  2. Plutarch c. AD 45 – c. AD 120
  3. Saint Peter BC – c. AD 66
  4. Tacitus c. AD 55 – c. AD 120
  5. Ptolemy c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
  6. Nero AD 37 – AD 68
  7. Caligula AD 12 – AD 41
  8. Pliny the Elder 20s – AD 79
  9. Epictetus c. AD 50 – c. AD 131
  10. Trajan AD 53 – c. AD 117
  11. Vespasian AD 9 – AD 79
  12. Hadrian AD 76 – AD 138
  13. Claudius 10 BC – AD 54
  14. Titus AD 39 – AD 81
  15. Pliny the Younger c. AD 61 – c. AD 113
  16. Domitian AD 51 – AD 96
  17. Pope Linus AD 10 – AD 79
  18. Mark the Evangelist c. AD 15 – AD 68
  19. Josephus AD 37 – c. AD 100
  20. Antoninus Pius AD 86 – AD 161
  21. Galba 3 BC – AD 69
  22. Pope Anacletus c. AD 25 – 90s
  23. Martial c. AD 40 – AD 104
  24. Otho AD 32 – AD 69
  25. Petronius c. AD 27 – AD 66
  26. Pope Sixtus I c. AD 42 – 120s
  27. Vitellius AD 15 – AD 69
  28. Nerva AD 30 – AD 98
  29. Lucan AD 39 – AD 65
  30. Quintilian c. AD 35 – c. AD 96
  31. Hero of Alexandria c. AD 10 – c. AD 75
  32. Boudica c. AD 30 – c. AD 61
  33. Philo c. 15 BC – c. AD 50
  34. Cai Lun c. AD 55 – AD 121
  35. Justin Martyr c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  36. Zhang Heng AD 78 – AD 139
  37. Appian c. AD 95 – c. AD 165
  38. Arrian c. AD 91 – c. AD 176
  39. Statius AD 45 – AD 96
  40. Polycarp c. AD 69 – AD 155
  41. John the Evangelist AD 10 – AD 98
  42. Agrippina the Younger AD 15 – AD 59
  43. Saint Timothy AD 17 – AD 97
  44. Messalina AD 20 – AD 48
  45. Dioscorides c. AD 32 – c. AD 90
  46. Apollonius of Tyana c. AD 15 – c. AD 100
  47. Persius AD 34 – AD 62
  48. Rabbi Akiva c. AD 50 – AD 135
  49. Kanishka AD 78 – AD 144
  50. Marcion of Sinope c. AD 90 – c. AD 160
  51. Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella AD 4 – AD 70
  52. Aśvaghoṣa AD 80 – AD 150
  53. Silius Italicus AD 26 – AD 101
  54. Herod Agrippa BC – AD 44
  55. Ban Zhao AD 45 – AD 116
  56. Gnaeus Julius Agricola AD 40 – AD 93
  57. Frontinus c. AD 30 – AD 103
  58. Valerius Flaccus c. AD 45 – c. AD 95
  59. Saint Titus 10s – 100s
  60. Wang Chong AD 27 – AD 97
  61. Dio Chrysostom c. AD 40 – c. AD 120
  62. Poppaea Sabina AD 30 – AD 65
  63. Florus c. AD 72 – c. AD 140
  64. Marcus Cornelius Fronto c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  65. Vologases I of Parthia AD 25 – c. AD 80
  66. Herod Agrippa II c. AD 27 – c. AD 100
  67. Claudia Octavia c. AD 40 – AD 62
  68. Nicomachus c. AD 60 – c. AD 120
  69. Herodes Atticus c. AD 101 – AD 177