Who Was Alive

Were Odoacer and Aryabhata alive at the same time?

Yes. Odoacer and Aryabhata were alive at the same time for 16 or 17 years, from AD 476 to AD 493.

Aryabhata was 16 or 17 when Odoacer died.

Odoacer

Odoacer

Monarch of Italy

Born c. AD 433 · died 15 March AD 493

Aryabhata

Aryabhata

Astronomer

Born AD 476 · died AD 550

  1. Pope Leo I, c. AD 394 – AD 461
  2. Odoacer, c. AD 433 – AD 493
  3. Clovis I, c. AD 466 – AD 511
  4. Aryabhata, AD 476 – AD 550
  5. Boethius, c. AD 480 – AD 524
  6. Benedict of Nursia, AD 480 – AD 547
  7. Justinian I, AD 482 – AD 565
  8. Pope Gregory I, c. AD 541 – AD 604

Odoacer and Aryabhata 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 Odoacer and Aryabhata were born

Odoacer and Aryabhata are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (6 of 8 placed); tap one to open that person.
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