Who Was Alive
Justin Martyr
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Justin Martyr

Roman apologist

Born c. AD 100 · died c. AD 165
Also known as Saint Justin, St. Justin, Justin the Philosopher

Who was alive at the same time as Justin Martyr?

  1. Ignatius of Antioch, c. AD 35 – c. AD 108
  2. Martial, c. AD 40 – AD 104
  3. Plutarch, c. AD 45 – c. AD 120
  4. Pope Sixtus I, c. AD 42 – 120s
  5. Cai Lun, c. AD 55 – AD 121
  6. Epictetus, c. AD 50 – c. AD 131
  7. Tacitus, c. AD 55 – c. AD 120
  8. Trajan, AD 53 – c. AD 117
  9. Pliny the Younger, c. AD 61 – c. AD 113
  10. Hadrian, AD 76 – AD 138
  11. Antoninus Pius, AD 86 – AD 161
  12. Ptolemy, c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
  13. Justin Martyr, c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  14. Lucian, c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
  15. Marcus Aurelius, AD 121 – AD 180
  16. Pertinax, AD 126 – AD 193
  17. Irenaeus, c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
  18. Lucius Verus, AD 130 – AD 169
  19. Didius Julianus, AD 133 – AD 193
  20. Septimius Severus, AD 146 – AD 211
  21. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  22. Clement of Alexandria, c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  23. Tertullian, c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  24. Commodus, AD 161 – AD 192

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Born during Justin Martyr’s lifetime: Marcus Aurelius, Nagarjuna, Lucian, Tertullian, Septimius Severus, Commodus, Didius Julianus and Pertinax.

Not quite contemporaries: Domitian died about a year before Justin Martyr was born, Pope Cornelius was born about 10 years after Justin Martyr died, Maximinus Thrax was born about 5 years after Justin Martyr died and Saint Valentine was born about 7 years after Justin Martyr died.

Where Justin Martyr’s contemporaries were born

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The 51 best-known contemporaries

51 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Justin Martyr. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 133.

  1. Marcus Aurelius AD 121 – AD 180
  2. Plutarch c. AD 45 – c. AD 120
  3. Tacitus c. AD 55 – c. AD 120
  4. Ptolemy c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
  5. Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  6. Epictetus c. AD 50 – c. AD 131
  7. Trajan AD 53 – c. AD 117
  8. Hadrian AD 76 – AD 138
  9. Lucian c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
  10. Pliny the Younger c. AD 61 – c. AD 113
  11. Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  12. Antoninus Pius AD 86 – AD 161
  13. Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
  14. Martial c. AD 40 – AD 104
  15. Pope Sixtus I c. AD 42 – 120s
  16. Commodus AD 161 – AD 192
  17. Didius Julianus AD 133 – AD 193
  18. Pertinax AD 126 – AD 193
  19. Irenaeus c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
  20. Ignatius of Antioch c. AD 35 – c. AD 108
  21. Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  22. Lucius Verus AD 130 – AD 169
  23. Cai Lun c. AD 55 – AD 121
  24. Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
  25. Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
  26. Zhang Heng AD 78 – AD 139
  27. Appian c. AD 95 – c. AD 165
  28. Arrian c. AD 91 – c. AD 176
  29. Pausanias c. AD 113 – c. AD 180
  30. Polycarp c. AD 69 – AD 155
  31. Aulus Gellius c. AD 130 – c. AD 180
  32. Rabbi Akiva c. AD 50 – AD 135
  33. Kanishka AD 78 – AD 144
  34. Marcion of Sinope c. AD 90 – c. AD 160
  35. Tatian c. AD 120 – c. AD 173
  36. Aśvaghoṣa AD 80 – AD 150
  37. Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
  38. Clodius Albinus AD 150 – AD 197
  39. Antinous c. AD 111 – AD 130
  40. Ban Zhao AD 45 – AD 116
  41. Gaius c. 120s – c. AD 180
  42. Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
  43. Frontinus c. AD 30 – AD 103
  44. Dio Chrysostom c. AD 40 – c. AD 120
  45. Papinian AD 142 – c. AD 212
  46. Florus c. AD 72 – c. AD 140
  47. Marcus Cornelius Fronto c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  48. Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
  49. Nicomachus c. AD 60 – c. AD 120
  50. Herodes Atticus c. AD 101 – AD 177
  51. Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240