Papinian

Roman jurist

Born March AD 142 · died AD 211–212
Also known as Aemilius Papinianus, Aemilius Paulus Papinianus, Æmilius Papinianus

Who was alive at the same time as Papinian?

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When Papinian was born, Marcus Aurelius was 20, Antoninus Pius was 55, Didius Julianus was 8 or 9, Pertinax was 15 and Lucius Verus was 11.

Born during Papinian’s lifetime: Nagarjuna, Plotinus, Tertullian, Septimius Severus, Caracalla, Commodus, Elagabalus and Origen.

Not quite contemporaries: Epictetus died about 4 years before Papinian was born, Hadrian died about 4 years before Papinian was born, Pope Sixtus I died about 13 years before Papinian was born and Aurelian was born about 2 years after Papinian died.

What happened in Papinian’s lifetime

Battle of Red Cliffs AD 208Papinian was 65 or 66

Where Papinian’s contemporaries were born

Papinian is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (54 of 65 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Papinian: Homs
Antoninus Pius: Lanuvium
Ptolemy: Ptolemais Hermiou
Lucian: Samosata
Marcus Aurelius: Rome
Pertinax: Alba
Irenaeus: İzmir
Didius Julianus: Mediolanum
Septimius Severus: Leptis Magna
Nagarjuna: South India
Clement of Alexandria: Athens
Commodus: Lanuvium
Macrinus: Cherchell
Pope Cornelius: Rome
Origen: Alexandria
Caracalla: Lugdunum
Pope Dionysius: Roman Empire
Diophantus: Alexandria
Decius: Martinci
Philip the Arab: Shahba
Elagabalus: Rome
Plotinus: Asyut
Severus Alexander: Tell Arqa
Lucius Verus: Rome
Valerian: Roman Empire
Maximinus Thrax: Thrace
Saint Valentine: Terni
Gordian I: Phrygia
Justin Martyr: Nablus
Ardashir I: Istakhr
Geta: Rome
Appian: Alexandria
Arrian: Nicomedia
Pausanias: Asia
Aemilianus: Djerba
Tacitus: Terni
Trebonianus Gallus: Perugia
Polycarp: İzmir
Hippolytus of Rome: Anatolia
Cecilia of Rome: Rome
Zhuge Liang: Yinan County
Ulpian: Tyre
Aulus Gellius: Rome
Kanishka: Peshawar
Marcion of Sinope: Sinop
Guan Yu: Yanhu District
Clodius Albinus: Hadrumetum
Cao Pi: Bozhou
Sun Quan: Zhejiang
Herodian: Roman Empire
Marcus Cornelius Fronto: Cirta
Dionysius of Alexandria: Alexandria
Herodes Atticus: Marathon
Sextus Julius Africanus: Aelia Capitolina

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The 64 best-known contemporaries

64 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Papinian. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 177.

Marcus Aurelius AD 121 – AD 180
Ptolemy c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
Lucian c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
Antoninus Pius AD 86 – AD 161
Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
Caracalla AD 188 – AD 217
Commodus AD 161 – AD 192
Elagabalus AD 203 – AD 222
Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
Severus Alexander AD 208 – AD 235
Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
Didius Julianus AD 133 – AD 193
Macrinus c. AD 164 – AD 218
Decius AD 201 – AD 251
Pertinax AD 126 – AD 193
Irenaeus c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
Philip the Arab c. AD 204 – AD 249
Lucius Verus AD 130 – AD 169
Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
Maximinus Thrax AD 173 – AD 238
Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
Justin Martyr c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
Geta AD 189 – AD 211
Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
Appian c. AD 95 – c. AD 165
Arrian c. AD 91 – c. AD 176
Pausanias c. AD 113 – c. AD 180
Aemilianus AD 207 – AD 253
Balbinus AD 178 – AD 238
Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
Trebonianus Gallus AD 206 – AD 253
Polycarp c. AD 69 – AD 155
Gordian II 190s – AD 238
Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
Cecilia of Rome c. AD 200 – c. AD 230
Diadumenian AD 208 – AD 218
Zhuge Liang AD 181 – AD 234
Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
Aulus Gellius c. AD 130 – c. AD 180
Kanishka AD 78 – AD 144
Marcion of Sinope c. AD 90 – c. AD 160
Tatian c. AD 120 – c. AD 173
Aśvaghoṣa AD 80 – AD 150
Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
Clodius Albinus AD 150 – AD 197
Cao Pi AD 187 – AD 226
Gaius c. 120s – c. AD 180
Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
Marcus Cornelius Fronto c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
Herodes Atticus c. AD 101 – AD 177
Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240