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Kumārajīva
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Kumārajīva

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Born AD 343–344 · died AD 413, aged 68 or 69
Also known as Kumarajiva

Who was alive at the same time as Kumārajīva?

  1. Anthony the Great, AD 251 – c. AD 357
  2. Athanasius of Alexandria, AD 296 – AD 373
  3. Pope Damasus I, AD 305 – AD 384
  4. Pope Liberius, c. AD 310 – AD 366
  5. Martin of Tours, c. AD 327 – AD 397
  6. Constantius II, AD 317 – AD 361
  7. Ammianus Marcellinus, c. AD 330 – c. AD 395
  8. Basil of Caesarea, AD 329 – AD 379
  9. Gregory of Nazianzus, c. AD 330 – c. AD 390
  10. Julian, AD 331 – AD 363
  11. Pope Siricius, AD 334 – AD 399
  12. Ambrose, c. AD 339 – AD 397
  13. Pope Anastasius I, AD 340 – AD 401
  14. Jerome, c. AD 345 – c. AD 420
  15. Kumārajīva, c. AD 345 – AD 413
  16. John Chrysostom, c. AD 350 – AD 407
  17. Theodosius I, AD 347 – AD 395
  18. Augustine of Hippo, AD 354 – AD 430
  19. Hypatia, c. AD 360 – AD 415
  20. Pope Boniface I, c. AD 370 – AD 422
  21. Saint Patrick, c. AD 385 – c. AD 461
  22. Pope Leo I, c. AD 394 – AD 461
  23. Pope Sixtus III, c. AD 390 – AD 440
  24. Pope Gelasius I, AD 410 – AD 496

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When Kumārajīva was born, Julian was 12 or 13, Basil of Caesarea was 14 or 15, Pope Damasus I was 38 or 39, Pope Siricius was 9 or 10 and Constantius II was 26 or 27.

When Kumārajīva died, Augustine of Hippo was 58 or 59, Pope Gelasius I was 2 or 3, Honorius was 28 or 29, Theodosius II was 11 or 12 and Cyril of Alexandria was 36 or 37.

Born during Kumārajīva’s lifetime: Augustine of Hippo, Hypatia, Pope Leo I, Theodosius I, Pope Gelasius I, Pope Sixtus III, Pope Boniface I and Saint Patrick.

Not quite contemporaries: Constantine the Great died about 7 years before Kumārajīva was born, Arius died about 7 years before Kumārajīva was born, Eusebius died about a year before Kumārajīva was born and Pope Simplicius was born about 5 years after Kumārajīva died.

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Where Kumārajīva’s contemporaries were born

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The 92 best-known contemporaries

92 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Kumārajīva. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 379.

  1. Augustine of Hippo AD 354 – AD 430
  2. Hypatia c. AD 360 – AD 415
  3. Jerome c. AD 345 – c. AD 420
  4. John Chrysostom c. AD 350 – AD 407
  5. Ambrose c. AD 339 – AD 397
  6. Pope Leo I c. AD 394 – AD 461
  7. Julian AD 331 – AD 363
  8. Theodosius I AD 347 – AD 395
  9. Basil of Caesarea AD 329 – AD 379
  10. Gregory of Nazianzus c. AD 330 – c. AD 390
  11. Athanasius of Alexandria AD 296 – AD 373
  12. Pope Damasus I AD 305 – AD 384
  13. Pope Gelasius I AD 410 – AD 496
  14. Martin of Tours c. AD 327 – AD 397
  15. Pope Liberius c. AD 310 – AD 366
  16. Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
  17. Pope Sixtus III c. AD 390 – AD 440
  18. Pope Siricius AD 334 – AD 399
  19. Pope Boniface I c. AD 370 – AD 422
  20. Constantius II AD 317 – AD 361
  21. Ammianus Marcellinus c. AD 330 – c. AD 395
  22. Pope Anastasius I AD 340 – AD 401
  23. Saint Patrick c. AD 385 – c. AD 461
  24. Honorius AD 384 – AD 423
  25. Theodosius II AD 401 – AD 450
  26. Valentinian I AD 321 – AD 375
  27. Arcadius AD 377 – AD 408
  28. Valens AD 328 – AD 378
  29. Cyril of Alexandria AD 376 – AD 444
  30. Mesrop Mashtots c. AD 362 – AD 440
  31. Nestorius 380s – c. AD 451
  32. Jovian AD 331 – AD 364
  33. Gaiseric AD 389 – AD 477
  34. Flavius Aetius 390s – AD 454
  35. Marcian AD 392 – AD 457
  36. Ephrem the Syrian c. AD 306 – AD 373
  37. Shapur II c. AD 310 – AD 379
  38. Hilary of Poitiers AD 315 – AD 367
  39. Ausonius AD 310 – AD 395
  40. Gratian AD 359 – AD 383
  41. Leo I c. AD 401 – AD 474
  42. Proclus AD 412 – AD 485
  43. Ulfilas c. AD 309 – AD 383
  44. Constans c. AD 322 – AD 350
  45. Claudian c. AD 370 – c. AD 405
  46. Theodoric I AD 393 – AD 451
  47. Petronius Maximus c. AD 396 – AD 455
  48. Avitus AD 395 – AD 457
  49. Valentinian II AD 371 – AD 392
  50. Pappus of Alexandria c. AD 290 – c. AD 350
  51. Constantius III c. AD 370 – AD 421
  52. Cyril of Jerusalem c. AD 313 – c. AD 386
  53. Stilicho AD 359 – AD 408
  54. Epiphanius of Salamis c. AD 315 – AD 403
  55. Samudragupta AD 335 – AD 380
  56. Faxian c. AD 339 – c. AD 423
  57. Orosius c. AD 385 – c. AD 418
  58. Aurelius Victor c. AD 321 – c. AD 391
  59. Bahram V AD 406 – c. AD 439
  60. Magnus Maximus AD 335 – AD 388
  61. Saint Monica AD 332 – AD 387
  62. Pelagius c. AD 354 – c. AD 420
  63. Socrates of Constantinople c. AD 380 – c. AD 440
  64. Galla Placidia AD 386 – AD 450
  65. Tao Yuanming AD 365 – AD 427
  66. Magnentius AD 303 – AD 353
  67. Prudentius AD 348 – c. AD 411
  68. Macrobius c. AD 370 – c. AD 431
  69. Pachomius the Great AD 292 – AD 348
  70. John Cassian AD 360 – AD 435
  71. Synesius AD 370 – AD 413
  72. Chlodio c. AD 393 – AD 448
  73. Pulcheria AD 399 – AD 453
  74. Libanius c. AD 314 – AD 393
  75. Mary of Egypt c. AD 344 – c. AD 421
  76. Priscus c. AD 410 – c. AD 471
  77. Emperor Nintoku AD 290 – AD 399
  78. Ardashir II 310s – AD 383
  79. Martianus Capella c. AD 360 – c. AD 428
  80. Simeon Stylites c. AD 390 – AD 459
  81. Sozomen c. AD 400 – c. AD 450
  82. Aelia Eudocia 400s – AD 460
  83. Ricimer AD 405 – AD 472
  84. Athanaric AD 318 – AD 381
  85. Evagrius Ponticus c. AD 345 – AD 399
  86. Sigeric c. 370s – AD 415
  87. Peter Chrysologus AD 380 – AD 450
  88. Movses Khorenatsi c. AD 410 – c. AD 489
  89. Saint Marinus AD 275 – AD 366
  90. Macarius of Egypt c. AD 301 – AD 391
  91. Eugenius AD 345 – AD 394
  92. Ermanaric c. AD 291 – c. AD 376