Who Was Alive
Irenaeus
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Irenaeus

Bishop

Born c. AD 130 · died c. AD 202
Also known as Irenæus, Irenaeus of Lyon

Who was alive at the same time as Irenaeus?

  1. Hadrian, AD 76 – AD 138
  2. Zhang Heng, AD 78 – AD 139
  3. Antoninus Pius, AD 86 – AD 161
  4. Ptolemy, c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
  5. Justin Martyr, c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  6. Lucian, c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
  7. Marcus Aurelius, AD 121 – AD 180
  8. Pertinax, AD 126 – AD 193
  9. Irenaeus, c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
  10. Lucius Verus, AD 130 – AD 169
  11. Didius Julianus, AD 133 – AD 193
  12. Septimius Severus, AD 146 – AD 211
  13. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  14. Clement of Alexandria, c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  15. Cao Cao, AD 155 – AD 220
  16. Tertullian, c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  17. Gordian I, AD 159 – AD 238
  18. Commodus, AD 161 – AD 192
  19. Macrinus, c. AD 164 – AD 218
  20. Maximinus Thrax, AD 173 – AD 238
  21. Saint Valentine, AD 175 – AD 273
  22. Pope Cornelius, c. AD 180 – AD 253
  23. Origen, c. AD 184 – AD 254
  24. Caracalla, AD 188 – AD 217

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Born during Irenaeus’s lifetime: Nagarjuna, Tertullian, Septimius Severus, Caracalla, Commodus, Origen, Pope Cornelius and Didius Julianus.

Not quite contemporaries: Plutarch died about 6 years before Irenaeus was born, Tacitus died about 6 years before Irenaeus was born, Trajan died about 9 years before Irenaeus was born and Plotinus was born about a year after Irenaeus died.

Where Irenaeus’s contemporaries were born

Irenaeus 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 55 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list

Compare Irenaeus

The 54 best-known contemporaries

54 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Irenaeus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 166.

  1. Marcus Aurelius AD 121 – AD 180
  2. Ptolemy c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
  3. Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  4. Hadrian AD 76 – AD 138
  5. Lucian c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
  6. Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  7. Antoninus Pius AD 86 – AD 161
  8. Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
  9. Caracalla AD 188 – AD 217
  10. Commodus AD 161 – AD 192
  11. Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
  12. Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
  13. Didius Julianus AD 133 – AD 193
  14. Macrinus c. AD 164 – AD 218
  15. Pertinax AD 126 – AD 193
  16. Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  17. Lucius Verus AD 130 – AD 169
  18. Maximinus Thrax AD 173 – AD 238
  19. Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
  20. Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
  21. Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
  22. Justin Martyr c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  23. Zhang Heng AD 78 – AD 139
  24. Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
  25. Geta AD 189 – AD 211
  26. Appian c. AD 95 – c. AD 165
  27. Arrian c. AD 91 – c. AD 176
  28. Pausanias c. AD 113 – c. AD 180
  29. Balbinus AD 178 – AD 238
  30. Polycarp c. AD 69 – AD 155
  31. Gordian II 190s – AD 238
  32. Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
  33. Zhuge Liang AD 181 – AD 234
  34. Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
  35. Aulus Gellius c. AD 130 – c. AD 180
  36. Rabbi Akiva c. AD 50 – AD 135
  37. Kanishka AD 78 – AD 144
  38. Marcion of Sinope c. AD 90 – c. AD 160
  39. Tatian c. AD 120 – c. AD 173
  40. Aśvaghoṣa AD 80 – AD 150
  41. Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
  42. Clodius Albinus AD 150 – AD 197
  43. Cao Pi AD 187 – AD 226
  44. Gaius c. 120s – c. AD 180
  45. Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
  46. Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
  47. Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
  48. Papinian AD 142 – c. AD 212
  49. Florus c. AD 72 – c. AD 140
  50. Marcus Cornelius Fronto c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  51. Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
  52. Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
  53. Herodes Atticus c. AD 101 – AD 177
  54. Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240