Who Was Alive
Lucius Verus
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Lucius Verus

Roman emperor

Born 15 December AD 130 · died 23 January AD 169, aged 38
Also known as Lucius Aurelius Verus

Who was alive at the same time as Lucius Verus?

  1. Polycarp, c. AD 69 – AD 155
  2. Hadrian, AD 76 – AD 138
  3. Zhang Heng, AD 78 – AD 139
  4. Antoninus Pius, AD 86 – AD 161
  5. Arrian, c. AD 91 – c. AD 176
  6. Appian, c. AD 95 – c. AD 165
  7. Ptolemy, c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
  8. Justin Martyr, c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  9. Pausanias, c. AD 113 – c. AD 180
  10. Lucian, c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
  11. Marcus Aurelius, AD 121 – AD 180
  12. Pertinax, AD 126 – AD 193
  13. Aulus Gellius, c. AD 130 – c. AD 180
  14. Irenaeus, c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
  15. Lucius Verus, AD 130 – AD 169
  16. Didius Julianus, AD 133 – AD 193
  17. Septimius Severus, AD 146 – AD 211
  18. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  19. Clement of Alexandria, c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  20. Cao Cao, AD 155 – AD 220
  21. Tertullian, c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  22. Gordian I, AD 159 – AD 238
  23. Commodus, AD 161 – AD 192
  24. Macrinus, c. AD 164 – AD 218

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When Lucius Verus was born, Marcus Aurelius was 9, Hadrian was 54, Antoninus Pius was 44, Pertinax was 4 and Zhang Heng was 51 or 52.

When Lucius Verus died, Marcus Aurelius was 47, Septimius Severus was 22 or 23, Commodus was 7, Didius Julianus was 35 or 36 and Pertinax was 42.

Born during Lucius Verus’s lifetime: Nagarjuna, Tertullian, Septimius Severus, Commodus, Didius Julianus, Macrinus, Clement of Alexandria and Cao Cao.

Not quite contemporaries: Plutarch died about 8 years before Lucius Verus was born, Tacitus died about 8 years before Lucius Verus was born, Trajan died about 11 years before Lucius Verus was born and Pope Sixtus I died about a year before Lucius Verus was born.

Where Lucius Verus’s contemporaries were born

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The 38 best-known contemporaries

38 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Lucius Verus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 150.

  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. Commodus AD 161 – AD 192
  10. Didius Julianus AD 133 – AD 193
  11. Macrinus c. AD 164 – AD 218
  12. Pertinax AD 126 – AD 193
  13. Irenaeus c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
  14. Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  15. Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
  16. Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
  17. Justin Martyr c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  18. Zhang Heng AD 78 – AD 139
  19. Appian c. AD 95 – c. AD 165
  20. Arrian c. AD 91 – c. AD 176
  21. Pausanias c. AD 113 – c. AD 180
  22. Polycarp c. AD 69 – AD 155
  23. Aulus Gellius c. AD 130 – c. AD 180
  24. Rabbi Akiva c. AD 50 – AD 135
  25. Kanishka AD 78 – AD 144
  26. Marcion of Sinope c. AD 90 – c. AD 160
  27. Tatian c. AD 120 – c. AD 173
  28. Aśvaghoṣa AD 80 – AD 150
  29. Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
  30. Clodius Albinus AD 150 – AD 197
  31. Gaius c. 120s – c. AD 180
  32. Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
  33. Papinian AD 142 – c. AD 212
  34. Florus c. AD 72 – c. AD 140
  35. Marcus Cornelius Fronto c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  36. Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
  37. Herodes Atticus c. AD 101 – AD 177
  38. Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240