Who Was Alive

Marcus Aurelius

16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher

Born 26 April AD 121 · died 17 March AD 180, aged 58

Who was alive at the same time as Marcus Aurelius?

  1. Epictetus
  2. Hadrian
  3. Antoninus Pius
  4. Ptolemy
  5. Lucian of Samosata
  6. Marcus Aurelius
  7. Septimius Severus
  8. Nagarjuna
  9. Tertullian
Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Marcus Aurelius was born, Hadrian was 45 and Antoninus Pius was 34.

When Marcus Aurelius died, Septimius Severus was 33 or 34.

Born during Marcus Aurelius’s lifetime: Nagarjuna, Tertullian and Septimius Severus.

Not quite contemporaries: Trajan died 2 years before Marcus Aurelius was born and Pliny the Younger died 7 years before Marcus Aurelius was born.

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