Who Was Alive

Marcus Cornelius Fronto

Roman writer

Born AD 100–101 · died AD 160–170
Also known as Fronto

Who was alive at the same time as Marcus Cornelius Fronto?

  1. Ignatius of Antioch, c. AD 35 – c. AD 108
  2. Martial, c. AD 40 – AD 104
  3. Plutarch, c. AD 45 – c. AD 120
  4. Pope Sixtus I, c. AD 42 – 120s
  5. Cai Lun, c. AD 55 – AD 121
  6. Epictetus, c. AD 50 – c. AD 131
  7. Tacitus, c. AD 55 – c. AD 120
  8. Trajan, AD 53 – c. AD 117
  9. Pliny the Younger, c. AD 61 – c. AD 113
  10. Hadrian, AD 76 – AD 138
  11. Antoninus Pius, AD 86 – AD 161
  12. Ptolemy, c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
  13. Marcus Cornelius Fronto, c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  14. Lucian, c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
  15. Marcus Aurelius, AD 121 – AD 180
  16. Pertinax, AD 126 – AD 193
  17. Irenaeus, c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
  18. Lucius Verus, AD 130 – AD 169
  19. Didius Julianus, AD 133 – AD 193
  20. Septimius Severus, AD 146 – AD 211
  21. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  22. Clement of Alexandria, c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  23. Cao Cao, AD 155 – AD 220
  24. Gordian I, AD 159 – AD 238

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When Marcus Cornelius Fronto was born, Trajan was 46 or 47, Hadrian was 23 or 24 and Antoninus Pius was 13 or 14.

Born during Marcus Cornelius Fronto’s lifetime: Marcus Aurelius, Nagarjuna, Lucian, Septimius Severus, Didius Julianus, Pertinax, Irenaeus and Clement of Alexandria.

Not quite contemporaries: Domitian died about 3 years before Marcus Cornelius Fronto was born, Pope Anacletus died months before Marcus Cornelius Fronto was born, Nerva died about a year before Marcus Cornelius Fronto was born and Origen was born about 13 years after Marcus Cornelius Fronto died.

Where Marcus Cornelius Fronto’s contemporaries were born

Marcus Cornelius Fronto is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (43 of 48 placed); tap one to open that person.
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The 47 best-known contemporaries

47 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Marcus Cornelius Fronto. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 130.

  1. Marcus Aurelius AD 121 – AD 180
  2. Plutarch c. AD 45 – c. AD 120
  3. Tacitus c. AD 55 – c. AD 120
  4. Ptolemy c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
  5. Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  6. Epictetus c. AD 50 – c. AD 131
  7. Trajan AD 53 – c. AD 117
  8. Hadrian AD 76 – AD 138
  9. Lucian c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
  10. Pliny the Younger c. AD 61 – c. AD 113
  11. Antoninus Pius AD 86 – AD 161
  12. Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
  13. Martial c. AD 40 – AD 104
  14. Pope Sixtus I c. AD 42 – 120s
  15. Didius Julianus AD 133 – AD 193
  16. Pertinax AD 126 – AD 193
  17. Irenaeus c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
  18. Ignatius of Antioch c. AD 35 – c. AD 108
  19. Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  20. Lucius Verus AD 130 – AD 169
  21. Cai Lun c. AD 55 – AD 121
  22. Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
  23. Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
  24. Justin Martyr c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  25. Zhang Heng AD 78 – AD 139
  26. Appian c. AD 95 – c. AD 165
  27. Arrian c. AD 91 – c. AD 176
  28. Pausanias c. AD 113 – c. AD 180
  29. Polycarp c. AD 69 – AD 155
  30. Aulus Gellius c. AD 130 – c. AD 180
  31. Rabbi Akiva c. AD 50 – AD 135
  32. Kanishka AD 78 – AD 144
  33. Marcion of Sinope c. AD 90 – c. AD 160
  34. Tatian c. AD 120 – c. AD 173
  35. Aśvaghoṣa AD 80 – AD 150
  36. Clodius Albinus AD 150 – AD 197
  37. Silius Italicus AD 26 – AD 101
  38. Antinous c. AD 111 – AD 130
  39. Ban Zhao AD 45 – AD 116
  40. Gaius c. 120s – c. AD 180
  41. Frontinus c. AD 30 – AD 103
  42. Dio Chrysostom c. AD 40 – c. AD 120
  43. Papinian AD 142 – c. AD 212
  44. Florus c. AD 72 – c. AD 140
  45. Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
  46. Nicomachus c. AD 60 – c. AD 120
  47. Herodes Atticus c. AD 101 – AD 177