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Maxentius
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Maxentius

Roman emperor

Born AD 278 · died 28 October AD 312, aged 33 or 34
Also known as Emperor of Rome Maxentius

Who was alive at the same time as Maxentius?

  1. Diophantus, c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  2. Porphyry of Tyre, c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  3. Probus, AD 232 – AD 282
  4. Diocletian, 240s – AD 316
  5. Maximian, c. AD 245 – AD 310
  6. Helena, mother of Constantine I, c. AD 250 – AD 330
  7. Arius, 250s – AD 336
  8. Constantius Chlorus, AD 250 – AD 306
  9. Anthony the Great, AD 251 – c. AD 357
  10. Saint Sebastian, c. AD 255 – AD 287
  11. Pope Marcellus I, AD 255 – AD 309
  12. Galerius, AD 258 – AD 311
  13. Licinius, c. AD 263 – AD 325
  14. Eusebius, c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  15. Constantine the Great, c. AD 272 – AD 337
  16. Saint Barbara, AD 273 – AD 306
  17. Saint George, AD 275 – c. AD 303
  18. Maxentius, AD 278 – AD 312
  19. Saint Lucy, c. AD 283 – AD 304
  20. Catherine of Alexandria, c. AD 285 – AD 305
  21. Agnes of Rome, c. AD 291 – AD 304
  22. Athanasius of Alexandria, AD 296 – AD 373
  23. Ephrem the Syrian, c. AD 306 – AD 373
  24. Pope Damasus I, AD 305 – AD 384

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When Maxentius was born, Saint George was 2 or 3, Anthony the Great was 26 or 27, Constantius Chlorus was 27 or 28, Pope Marcellus I was 22 or 23 and Probus was 45 or 46.

When Maxentius died, Athanasius of Alexandria was 15 or 16, Pope Damasus I was 6 or 7, Anthony the Great was 60 or 61, Shapur II was 2 or 3 and Ausonius was 1 or 2.

Born during Maxentius’s lifetime: Athanasius of Alexandria, Pope Damasus I, Saint Lucy, Catherine of Alexandria, Agnes of Rome, Ephrem the Syrian, Shapur II and Ausonius.

Not quite contemporaries: Plotinus died about 8 years before Maxentius was born, Aurelian died about 3 years before Maxentius was born, Pope Dionysius died about 10 years before Maxentius was born and Martin of Tours was born about 4 years after Maxentius died.

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Where Maxentius’s contemporaries were born

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The 49 best-known contemporaries

49 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Maxentius. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 295.

  1. Constantine the Great c. AD 272 – AD 337
  2. Diocletian 240s – AD 316
  3. Saint George AD 275 – c. AD 303
  4. Athanasius of Alexandria AD 296 – AD 373
  5. Pope Damasus I AD 305 – AD 384
  6. Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  7. Arius 250s – AD 336
  8. Eusebius c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  9. Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
  10. Constantius Chlorus AD 250 – AD 306
  11. Pope Marcellus I AD 255 – AD 309
  12. Helena, mother of Constantine I c. AD 250 – AD 330
  13. Saint Lucy c. AD 283 – AD 304
  14. Catherine of Alexandria c. AD 285 – AD 305
  15. Licinius c. AD 263 – AD 325
  16. Porphyry of Tyre c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  17. Saint Sebastian c. AD 255 – AD 287
  18. Maximian c. AD 245 – AD 310
  19. Probus AD 232 – AD 282
  20. Galerius AD 258 – AD 311
  21. Saint Barbara AD 273 – AD 306
  22. Agnes of Rome c. AD 291 – AD 304
  23. Ephrem the Syrian c. AD 306 – AD 373
  24. Shapur II c. AD 310 – AD 379
  25. Ausonius AD 310 – AD 395
  26. Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
  27. Iamblichus c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
  28. Carinus AD 250 – AD 285
  29. Ulfilas c. AD 309 – AD 383
  30. Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
  31. Maximinus Daza AD 270 – AD 313
  32. Numerian AD 254 – AD 284
  33. Pappus of Alexandria c. AD 290 – c. AD 350
  34. Margaret the Virgin c. AD 292 – c. AD 307
  35. Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
  36. Magnentius AD 303 – AD 353
  37. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
  38. Pachomius the Great AD 292 – AD 348
  39. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  40. Saint Pantaleon c. AD 280 – AD 305
  41. Emperor Nintoku AD 290 – AD 399
  42. Januarius AD 272 – AD 305
  43. Saint Nino AD 296 – AD 335
  44. Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
  45. Arnobius AD 255 – AD 327
  46. Saint Marinus AD 275 – AD 366
  47. Macarius of Egypt c. AD 301 – AD 391
  48. Ermanaric c. AD 291 – c. AD 376
  49. Saint Vitus AD 290 – AD 303