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Numerian
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Numerian

Roman emperor

Born AD 254 · died November AD 284, aged 29 or 30
Also known as Numerianus, M. Aurelius Numerius Numerianus

Who was alive at the same time as Numerian?

  1. Saint Valentine, AD 175 – AD 273
  2. Pope Dionysius, c. AD 200 – AD 268
  3. Cyprian, c. AD 200 – AD 258
  4. Diophantus, c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  5. Valerian, c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  6. Plotinus, AD 205 – AD 270
  7. Pope Sixtus II, c. AD 215 – AD 258
  8. Mani, c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  9. Claudius Gothicus, AD 214 – AD 270
  10. Aurelian, AD 214 – AD 275
  11. Gallienus, c. AD 218 – AD 268
  12. Porphyry of Tyre, c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  13. Diocletian, 240s – AD 316
  14. Helena, mother of Constantine I, c. AD 250 – AD 330
  15. Arius, 250s – AD 336
  16. Constantius Chlorus, AD 250 – AD 306
  17. Anthony the Great, AD 251 – c. AD 357
  18. Saint Sebastian, c. AD 255 – AD 287
  19. Numerian, AD 254 – AD 284
  20. Pope Marcellus I, AD 255 – AD 309
  21. Licinius, c. AD 263 – AD 325
  22. Eusebius, c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  23. Constantine the Great, c. AD 272 – AD 337
  24. Saint George, AD 275 – c. AD 303

Drag across the timeline, or use the arrow keys, to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Dashed lines mark world events. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Numerian was born, Plotinus was 48 or 49, Aurelian was 39 or 40, Anthony the Great was 2 or 3, Constantius Chlorus was 3 or 4 and Claudius Gothicus was 39 or 40.

When Numerian died, Saint George was 8 or 9, Anthony the Great was 32 or 33, Constantius Chlorus was 33 or 34, Pope Marcellus I was 29 and Galerius was 25 or 26.

Born during Numerian’s lifetime: Constantine the Great, Saint George, Eusebius, Pope Marcellus I, Licinius, Galerius, Saint Barbara and Maxentius.

Not quite contemporaries: Nagarjuna died about 2 years before Numerian was born, Tertullian died about 11 years before Numerian was born, Athanasius of Alexandria was born about 12 years after Numerian died and Pope Cornelius died about a year before Numerian was born.

Where Numerian’s contemporaries were born

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The 50 best-known contemporaries

50 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Numerian. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 269.

  1. Constantine the Great c. AD 272 – AD 337
  2. Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
  3. Diocletian 240s – AD 316
  4. Saint George AD 275 – c. AD 303
  5. Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
  6. Pope Sixtus II c. AD 215 – AD 258
  7. Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
  8. Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  9. Arius 250s – AD 336
  10. Eusebius c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  11. Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
  12. Constantius Chlorus AD 250 – AD 306
  13. Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  14. Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  15. Pope Marcellus I AD 255 – AD 309
  16. Helena, mother of Constantine I c. AD 250 – AD 330
  17. Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
  18. Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
  19. Licinius c. AD 263 – AD 325
  20. Gallienus c. AD 218 – AD 268
  21. Porphyry of Tyre c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  22. Saint Sebastian c. AD 255 – AD 287
  23. Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
  24. Saint Lawrence AD 225 – AD 258
  25. Maximian c. AD 245 – AD 310
  26. Probus AD 232 – AD 282
  27. Galerius AD 258 – AD 311
  28. Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
  29. Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
  30. Agatha of Sicily AD 235 – AD 261
  31. Saint Barbara AD 273 – AD 306
  32. Maxentius AD 278 – AD 312
  33. Zenobia c. AD 240 – AD 274
  34. Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
  35. Florianus AD 232 – AD 276
  36. Iamblichus c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
  37. Carinus AD 250 – AD 285
  38. Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
  39. Maximinus Daza AD 270 – AD 313
  40. Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
  41. Saloninus AD 242 – AD 260
  42. Novatian AD 220 – AD 258
  43. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
  44. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  45. Saint Pantaleon c. AD 280 – AD 305
  46. Januarius AD 272 – AD 305
  47. Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
  48. Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
  49. Arnobius AD 255 – AD 327
  50. Saint Marinus AD 275 – AD 366