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Licinius
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Licinius

Roman emperor

Born c. AD 263 · died AD 325
Also known as Valerius Licinianus Licinius

Who was alive at the same time as Licinius?

  1. Saint Valentine, AD 175 – AD 273
  2. Pope Dionysius, c. AD 200 – AD 268
  3. Diophantus, c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  4. Plotinus, AD 205 – AD 270
  5. Mani, c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  6. Claudius Gothicus, AD 214 – AD 270
  7. Aurelian, AD 214 – AD 275
  8. Diocletian, 240s – AD 316
  9. Helena, mother of Constantine I, c. AD 250 – AD 330
  10. Arius, 250s – AD 336
  11. Constantius Chlorus, AD 250 – AD 306
  12. Anthony the Great, AD 251 – c. AD 357
  13. Pope Marcellus I, AD 255 – AD 309
  14. Licinius, c. AD 263 – AD 325
  15. Eusebius, c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  16. Constantine the Great, c. AD 272 – AD 337
  17. Saint George, AD 275 – c. AD 303
  18. Saint Lucy, c. AD 283 – AD 304
  19. Catherine of Alexandria, c. AD 285 – AD 305
  20. Athanasius of Alexandria, AD 296 – AD 373
  21. Pope Damasus I, AD 305 – AD 384
  22. Pope Liberius, c. AD 310 – AD 366
  23. Constantius II, AD 317 – AD 361
  24. Valentinian I, AD 321 – AD 375

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When Licinius died, Pope Damasus I was 19 or 20, Constantius II was 7 or 8, Valentinian I was 3 or 4, Constantine II was 8 or 9 and Hilary of Poitiers was 9 or 10.

Born during Licinius’s lifetime: Constantine the Great, Saint George, Athanasius of Alexandria, Pope Damasus I, Pope Liberius, Constantius II, Valentinian I and Saint Lucy.

Not quite contemporaries: Nagarjuna died about 8 years before Licinius was born, Ambrose was born about 11 years after Licinius died, Julian was born about 5 years after Licinius died and Basil of Caesarea was born about 3 years after Licinius died.

What happened in Licinius’s lifetime

Where Licinius’s contemporaries were born

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The 72 best-known contemporaries

72 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Licinius. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 295.

  1. Constantine the Great c. AD 272 – AD 337
  2. Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
  3. Diocletian 240s – AD 316
  4. Saint George AD 275 – c. AD 303
  5. Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
  6. Athanasius of Alexandria AD 296 – AD 373
  7. Pope Damasus I AD 305 – AD 384
  8. Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
  9. Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  10. Arius 250s – AD 336
  11. Eusebius c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  12. Pope Liberius c. AD 310 – AD 366
  13. Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
  14. Constantius Chlorus AD 250 – AD 306
  15. Constantius II AD 317 – AD 361
  16. Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  17. Pope Marcellus I AD 255 – AD 309
  18. Valentinian I AD 321 – AD 375
  19. Helena, mother of Constantine I c. AD 250 – AD 330
  20. Saint Lucy c. AD 283 – AD 304
  21. Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
  22. Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
  23. Catherine of Alexandria c. AD 285 – AD 305
  24. Gallienus c. AD 218 – AD 268
  25. Porphyry of Tyre c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  26. Saint Sebastian c. AD 255 – AD 287
  27. Constantine II AD 316 – AD 340
  28. Maximian c. AD 245 – AD 310
  29. Probus AD 232 – AD 282
  30. Galerius AD 258 – AD 311
  31. Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
  32. Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
  33. Saint Barbara AD 273 – AD 306
  34. Maxentius AD 278 – AD 312
  35. Agnes of Rome c. AD 291 – AD 304
  36. Zenobia c. AD 240 – AD 274
  37. Ephrem the Syrian c. AD 306 – AD 373
  38. Shapur II c. AD 310 – AD 379
  39. Hilary of Poitiers AD 315 – AD 367
  40. Ausonius AD 310 – AD 395
  41. Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
  42. Florianus AD 232 – AD 276
  43. Iamblichus c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
  44. Carinus AD 250 – AD 285
  45. Ulfilas c. AD 309 – AD 383
  46. Constans c. AD 322 – AD 350
  47. Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
  48. Maximinus Daza AD 270 – AD 313
  49. Numerian AD 254 – AD 284
  50. Pappus of Alexandria c. AD 290 – c. AD 350
  51. Cyril of Jerusalem c. AD 313 – c. AD 386
  52. Margaret the Virgin c. AD 292 – c. AD 307
  53. Epiphanius of Salamis c. AD 315 – AD 403
  54. Aurelius Victor c. AD 321 – c. AD 391
  55. Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
  56. Magnentius AD 303 – AD 353
  57. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
  58. Pachomius the Great AD 292 – AD 348
  59. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  60. Saint Pantaleon c. AD 280 – AD 305
  61. Libanius c. AD 314 – AD 393
  62. Emperor Nintoku AD 290 – AD 399
  63. Ardashir II 310s – AD 383
  64. Januarius AD 272 – AD 305
  65. Saint Nino AD 296 – AD 335
  66. Athanaric AD 318 – AD 381
  67. Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
  68. Arnobius AD 255 – AD 327
  69. Saint Marinus AD 275 – AD 366
  70. Macarius of Egypt c. AD 301 – AD 391
  71. Ermanaric c. AD 291 – c. AD 376
  72. Saint Vitus AD 290 – AD 303