Who Was Alive

Were Maximinus Thrax and Plotinus alive at the same time?

Yes. Maximinus Thrax and Plotinus were alive at the same time for 32 or 33 years, from AD 205 to AD 238.

Plotinus was 32 or 33 when Maximinus Thrax died, aged 64 or 65.

Maximinus Thrax

Maximinus Thrax

Roman emperor

Born AD 173 · died 10 May AD 238, aged 64 or 65

Plotinus

Plotinus

Roman philosopher

Born AD 205 · died AD 270, aged 64 or 65

  1. Lucian, c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
  2. Marcus Aurelius, AD 121 – AD 180
  3. Septimius Severus, AD 146 – AD 211
  4. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  5. Tertullian, c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  6. Maximinus Thrax, AD 173 – AD 238
  7. Caracalla, AD 188 – AD 217
  8. Plotinus, AD 205 – AD 270
  9. Diocletian, 240s – AD 316

Maximinus Thrax and Plotinus in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Maximinus Thrax and Plotinus were born

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