Macrinus

Roman emperor

Born AD 164–165 · died AD 218

Who was alive at the same time as Macrinus?

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When Macrinus died, Plotinus was 12 or 13, Aurelian was 3 or 4, Elagabalus was 14 or 15, Severus Alexander was 9 or 10 and Decius was 16 or 17.

Born during Macrinus’s lifetime: Plotinus, Caracalla, Aurelian, Elagabalus, Origen, Pope Sixtus II, Pope Dionysius and Diophantus.

Not quite contemporaries: Antoninus Pius died about 2 years before Macrinus was born, Gordian III was born about 7 years after Macrinus died, Porphyry of Tyre was born about 13 years after Macrinus died and Saint Lawrence was born about 7 years after Macrinus died.

What happened in Macrinus’s lifetime

Battle of Red Cliffs AD 208

Where Macrinus’s contemporaries were born

Macrinus is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (52 of 62 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Macrinus: Cherchell
Ptolemy: Ptolemais Hermiou
Lucian: Samosata
Marcus Aurelius: Rome
Pertinax: Alba
Irenaeus: İzmir
Didius Julianus: Mediolanum
Septimius Severus: Leptis Magna
Nagarjuna: South India
Clement of Alexandria: Athens
Commodus: Lanuvium
Pope Cornelius: Rome
Origen: Alexandria
Caracalla: Lugdunum
Pope Dionysius: Roman Empire
Pope Fabian: Rome
Diophantus: Alexandria
Decius: Martinci
Elagabalus: Rome
Plotinus: Asyut
Severus Alexander: Tell Arqa
Pope Sixtus II: Greece
Aurelian: Sirmium
Philip the Arab: Shahba
Lucius Verus: Rome
Valerian: Roman Empire
Maximinus Thrax: Thrace
Saint Valentine: Terni
Claudius Gothicus: Sremska Mitrovica
Gordian I: Phrygia
Ardashir I: Istakhr
Geta: Rome
Arrian: Nicomedia
Pausanias: Asia
Aemilianus: Djerba
Tacitus: Terni
Trebonianus Gallus: Perugia
Quintillus: Sirmium
Hippolytus of Rome: Anatolia
Cecilia of Rome: Rome
Zhuge Liang: Yinan County
Ulpian: Tyre
Aulus Gellius: Rome
Guan Yu: Yanhu District
Clodius Albinus: Hadrumetum
Cao Pi: Bozhou
Sun Quan: Zhejiang
Herodian: Roman Empire
Papinian: Homs
Dionysius of Alexandria: Alexandria
Herodes Atticus: Marathon
Sextus Julius Africanus: Aelia Capitolina

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The 61 best-known contemporaries

61 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Macrinus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 192.

Marcus Aurelius AD 121 – AD 180
Ptolemy c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
Lucian c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
Caracalla AD 188 – AD 217
Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
Commodus AD 161 – AD 192
Elagabalus AD 203 – AD 222
Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
Pope Sixtus II c. AD 215 – AD 258
Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
Severus Alexander AD 208 – AD 235
Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
Pope Fabian c. 200s – AD 250
Didius Julianus AD 133 – AD 193
Decius AD 201 – AD 251
Pertinax AD 126 – AD 193
Irenaeus c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
Philip the Arab c. AD 204 – AD 249
Lucius Verus AD 130 – AD 169
Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
Maximinus Thrax AD 173 – AD 238
Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
Geta AD 189 – AD 211
Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
Arrian c. AD 91 – c. AD 176
Pausanias c. AD 113 – c. AD 180
Aemilianus AD 207 – AD 253
Balbinus AD 178 – AD 238
Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
Trebonianus Gallus AD 206 – AD 253
Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
Gordian II 190s – AD 238
Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
Cecilia of Rome c. AD 200 – c. AD 230
Diadumenian AD 208 – AD 218
Zhuge Liang AD 181 – AD 234
Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
Aulus Gellius c. AD 130 – c. AD 180
Tatian c. AD 120 – c. AD 173
Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
Clodius Albinus AD 150 – AD 197
Cao Pi AD 187 – AD 226
Gaius c. 120s – c. AD 180
Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
Papinian AD 142 – c. AD 212
Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
Herodes Atticus c. AD 101 – AD 177
Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240