Marcion of Sinope

Theologian

Born AD 85–95 · died c. AD 160
Also known as Marcion

Who was alive at the same time as Marcion of Sinope?

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Born during Marcion of Sinope’s lifetime: Marcus Aurelius, Ptolemy, Nagarjuna, Lucian, Septimius Severus, Didius Julianus, Pertinax and Irenaeus.

Not quite contemporaries: Pliny the Elder died about 5 years before Marcion of Sinope was born, Vespasian died about 5 years before Marcion of Sinope was born, Titus died about 3 years before Marcion of Sinope was born and Pope Linus died about 5 years before Marcion of Sinope was born.

Where Marcion of Sinope’s contemporaries were born

Marcion of Sinope 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 57 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Marcion of Sinope: Sinop
Nerva: Narni
Ignatius of Antioch: Roman Syria
Josephus: Jerusalem
Martial: Augusta Bilbilis
Plutarch: Chaeronea
Pope Sixtus I: Rome
Epictetus: Hierapolis
Domitian: Rome
Tacitus: Gallia Narbonensis
Trajan: Italica
Pliny the Younger: Como
Hadrian: Italica
Antoninus Pius: Lanuvium
Ptolemy: Ptolemais Hermiou
Lucian: Samosata
Marcus Aurelius: Rome
Pertinax: Alba
Irenaeus: İzmir
Lucius Verus: Rome
Didius Julianus: Mediolanum
Septimius Severus: Leptis Magna
Nagarjuna: South India
Clement of Alexandria: Athens
Cai Lun: Leiyang
Justin Martyr: Nablus
Zhang Heng: Nanyang
Appian: Alexandria
Arrian: Nicomedia
Pausanias: Asia
Statius: Naples
Polycarp: İzmir
John the Evangelist: Galilee
Saint Timothy: Lystra
Aulus Gellius: Rome
Apollonius of Tyana: Tyana
Rabbi Akiva: Lod
Kanishka: Peshawar
Clodius Albinus: Hadrumetum
Silius Italicus: Italica
Antinous: Bolu
Ban Zhao: Eastern Han
Frontinus: Gallia Narbonensis
Saint Titus: Crete
Wang Chong: Shangyu District
Dio Chrysostom: Bursa
Papinian: Homs
Florus: Africa
Marcus Cornelius Fronto: Cirta
Herod Agrippa II: Rome
Nicomachus: Jerash
Herodes Atticus: Marathon

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The 56 best-known contemporaries

56 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Marcion of Sinope. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 126.

Marcus Aurelius AD 121 – AD 180
Plutarch c. AD 45 – c. AD 120
Tacitus c. AD 55 – c. AD 120
Ptolemy c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
Epictetus c. AD 50 – c. AD 131
Trajan AD 53 – c. AD 117
Hadrian AD 76 – AD 138
Lucian c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
Pliny the Younger c. AD 61 – c. AD 113
Domitian AD 51 – AD 96
Josephus AD 37 – c. AD 100
Antoninus Pius AD 86 – AD 161
Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
Martial c. AD 40 – AD 104
Pope Sixtus I c. AD 42 – 120s
Nerva AD 30 – AD 98
Didius Julianus AD 133 – AD 193
Pertinax AD 126 – AD 193
Irenaeus c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
Ignatius of Antioch c. AD 35 – c. AD 108
Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
Lucius Verus AD 130 – AD 169
Cai Lun c. AD 55 – AD 121
Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
Justin Martyr c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
Zhang Heng AD 78 – AD 139
Appian c. AD 95 – c. AD 165
Arrian c. AD 91 – c. AD 176
Pausanias c. AD 113 – c. AD 180
Statius AD 45 – AD 96
Polycarp c. AD 69 – AD 155
John the Evangelist AD 10 – AD 98
Saint Timothy AD 17 – AD 97
Aulus Gellius c. AD 130 – c. AD 180
Apollonius of Tyana c. AD 15 – c. AD 100
Rabbi Akiva c. AD 50 – AD 135
Kanishka AD 78 – AD 144
Tatian c. AD 120 – c. AD 173
Aśvaghoṣa AD 80 – AD 150
Clodius Albinus AD 150 – AD 197
Silius Italicus AD 26 – AD 101
Antinous c. AD 111 – AD 130
Ban Zhao AD 45 – AD 116
Gaius c. 120s – c. AD 180
Frontinus c. AD 30 – AD 103
Saint Titus 10s – 100s
Wang Chong AD 27 – AD 97
Dio Chrysostom c. AD 40 – c. AD 120
Papinian AD 142 – c. AD 212
Florus c. AD 72 – c. AD 140
Marcus Cornelius Fronto c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
Herod Agrippa II c. AD 27 – c. AD 100
Nicomachus c. AD 60 – c. AD 120
Herodes Atticus c. AD 101 – AD 177