Who Was Alive

Were Odoacer and Boethius alive at the same time?

Yes. Odoacer and Boethius were alive at the same time, from c. AD 480 to AD 493.

Odoacer

Odoacer

Monarch of Italy

Born c. AD 433 · died 15 March AD 493

Boethius

Boethius

Roman philosopher

Born c. AD 480 · died AD 524

  1. Pope Leo I, c. AD 394 – AD 461
  2. Odoacer, c. AD 433 – AD 493
  3. Theodoric the Great, AD 454 – AD 526
  4. Clovis I, c. AD 466 – AD 511
  5. Aryabhata, AD 476 – AD 550
  6. Boethius, c. AD 480 – AD 524
  7. Benedict of Nursia, AD 480 – AD 547
  8. Justinian I, AD 482 – AD 565

Odoacer and Boethius 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 Boethius were born

Odoacer and Boethius 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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