Who Was Alive

Were Julius Nepos and Aryabhata alive at the same time?

Yes. Julius Nepos and Aryabhata were alive at the same time for 3 or 4 years, from AD 476 to AD 480.

Julius Nepos was 45 or 46 when Aryabhata was born.

Aryabhata was 3 or 4 when Julius Nepos died, aged 49 or 50.

Julius Nepos

Julius Nepos

Roman politician

Born AD 430 · died 9 May AD 480, aged 49 or 50

Aryabhata

Aryabhata

Astronomer

Born AD 476 · died AD 550

  1. Pope Leo I, c. AD 394 – AD 461
  2. Julius Nepos, AD 430 – AD 480
  3. Theodoric the Great, AD 454 – AD 526
  4. Clovis I, c. AD 466 – AD 511
  5. Aryabhata, AD 476 – AD 550
  6. Boethius, c. AD 480 – AD 524
  7. Benedict of Nursia, AD 480 – AD 547
  8. Justinian I, AD 482 – AD 565
  9. Pope Gregory I, c. AD 541 – AD 604

Julius Nepos and Aryabhata in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Julius Nepos and Aryabhata were born

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