Who Was Alive

Novatian

Roman priest and theologian

Born AD 220 · died AD 258, aged 37 or 38
Also known as Novatianus

Who was alive at the same time as Novatian?

  1. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  2. Tertullian, c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  3. Maximinus Thrax, AD 173 – AD 238
  4. Saint Valentine, AD 175 – AD 273
  5. Pope Cornelius, c. AD 180 – AD 253
  6. Origen, c. AD 184 – AD 254
  7. Pope Dionysius, c. AD 200 – AD 268
  8. Pope Fabian, c. 200s – AD 250
  9. Diophantus, c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  10. Valerian, c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  11. Decius, AD 201 – AD 251
  12. Philip the Arab, c. AD 204 – AD 249
  13. Elagabalus, AD 203 – AD 222
  14. Plotinus, AD 205 – AD 270
  15. Severus Alexander, AD 208 – AD 235
  16. Pope Sixtus II, c. AD 215 – AD 258
  17. Mani, c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  18. Aurelian, AD 214 – AD 275
  19. Novatian, AD 220 – AD 258
  20. Diocletian, 240s – AD 316
  21. Helena, mother of Constantine I, c. AD 250 – AD 330
  22. Constantius Chlorus, AD 250 – AD 306
  23. Anthony the Great, AD 251 – c. AD 357
  24. Pope Marcellus I, AD 255 – AD 309

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When Novatian was born, Plotinus was 14 or 15, Aurelian was 5 or 6, Elagabalus was 16 or 17, Severus Alexander was 11 or 12 and Decius was 18 or 19.

When Novatian died, Plotinus was 52 or 53, Aurelian was 43 or 44, Anthony the Great was 6 or 7, Constantius Chlorus was 7 or 8 and Pope Marcellus I was 2 or 3.

Born during Novatian’s lifetime: Diocletian, Anthony the Great, Constantius Chlorus, Pope Marcellus I, Helena, mother of Constantine I, Gordian III, Porphyry of Tyre and Saint Sebastian.

Not quite contemporaries: Constantine the Great was born about 12 years after Novatian died, Septimius Severus died about 9 years before Novatian was born, Caracalla died about 3 years before Novatian was born and Eusebius was born about 5 years after Novatian died.

Where Novatian’s contemporaries were born

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The 67 best-known contemporaries

67 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Novatian. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 239.

  1. Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  2. Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
  3. Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  4. Diocletian 240s – AD 316
  5. Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
  6. Elagabalus AD 203 – AD 222
  7. Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
  8. Pope Sixtus II c. AD 215 – AD 258
  9. Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
  10. Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  11. Severus Alexander AD 208 – AD 235
  12. Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
  13. Pope Fabian c. 200s – AD 250
  14. Decius AD 201 – AD 251
  15. Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
  16. Philip the Arab c. AD 204 – AD 249
  17. Constantius Chlorus AD 250 – AD 306
  18. Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  19. Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  20. Pope Marcellus I AD 255 – AD 309
  21. Maximinus Thrax AD 173 – AD 238
  22. Helena, mother of Constantine I c. AD 250 – AD 330
  23. Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
  24. Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
  25. Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
  26. Gordian III AD 225 – AD 244
  27. Gallienus c. AD 218 – AD 268
  28. Porphyry of Tyre c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  29. Saint Sebastian c. AD 255 – AD 287
  30. Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
  31. Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
  32. Saint Lawrence AD 225 – AD 258
  33. Maximian c. AD 245 – AD 310
  34. Aemilianus AD 207 – AD 253
  35. Probus AD 232 – AD 282
  36. Balbinus AD 178 – AD 238
  37. Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
  38. Trebonianus Gallus AD 206 – AD 253
  39. Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
  40. Agatha of Sicily AD 235 – AD 261
  41. Gordian II 190s – AD 238
  42. Zenobia c. AD 240 – AD 274
  43. Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
  44. Cecilia of Rome c. AD 200 – c. AD 230
  45. Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
  46. Zhuge Liang AD 181 – AD 234
  47. Florianus AD 232 – AD 276
  48. Iamblichus c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
  49. Carinus AD 250 – AD 285
  50. Hostilian c. AD 232 – AD 251
  51. Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
  52. Volusianus AD 230 – AD 253
  53. Numerian AD 254 – AD 284
  54. Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
  55. Herennius Etruscus c. AD 227 – AD 251
  56. Cao Pi AD 187 – AD 226
  57. Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
  58. Saloninus AD 242 – AD 260
  59. Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
  60. Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
  61. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
  62. Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
  63. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  64. Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
  65. Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
  66. Arnobius AD 255 – AD 327
  67. Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240