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Pertinax
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Pertinax

Roman emperor

Born 1 August AD 126 · died 28 March AD 193, aged 66
Also known as Publius Helvius Pertinax, Helvius Pertinax

Who was alive at the same time as Pertinax?

  1. Hadrian, AD 76 – AD 138
  2. Zhang Heng, AD 78 – AD 139
  3. Antoninus Pius, AD 86 – AD 161
  4. Ptolemy, c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
  5. Justin Martyr, c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  6. Lucian, c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
  7. Marcus Aurelius, AD 121 – AD 180
  8. Pertinax, AD 126 – AD 193
  9. Irenaeus, c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
  10. Lucius Verus, AD 130 – AD 169
  11. Didius Julianus, AD 133 – AD 193
  12. Septimius Severus, AD 146 – AD 211
  13. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  14. Clement of Alexandria, c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  15. Cao Cao, AD 155 – AD 220
  16. Tertullian, c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  17. Gordian I, AD 159 – AD 238
  18. Commodus, AD 161 – AD 192
  19. Macrinus, c. AD 164 – AD 218
  20. Maximinus Thrax, AD 173 – AD 238
  21. Saint Valentine, AD 175 – AD 273
  22. Pope Cornelius, c. AD 180 – AD 253
  23. Origen, c. AD 184 – AD 254
  24. Caracalla, AD 188 – AD 217

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When Pertinax was born, Marcus Aurelius was 5, Hadrian was 50, Antoninus Pius was 39, Zhang Heng was 47 or 48 and Kanishka was 47 or 48.

When Pertinax died, Septimius Severus was 46 or 47, Caracalla was 4, Didius Julianus was 59 or 60, Maximinus Thrax was 19 or 20 and Saint Valentine was 17 or 18.

Born during Pertinax’s lifetime: Nagarjuna, Tertullian, Septimius Severus, Caracalla, Commodus, Origen, Pope Cornelius and Didius Julianus.

Not quite contemporaries: Plutarch died about 4 years before Pertinax was born, Tacitus died about 4 years before Pertinax was born, Trajan died about 7 years before Pertinax was born and Plotinus was born about 12 years after Pertinax died.

Where Pertinax’s contemporaries were born

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Birthplaces as a list

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The 54 best-known contemporaries

54 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pertinax. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 160.

  1. Marcus Aurelius AD 121 – AD 180
  2. Ptolemy c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
  3. Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  4. Hadrian AD 76 – AD 138
  5. Lucian c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
  6. Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  7. Antoninus Pius AD 86 – AD 161
  8. Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
  9. Caracalla AD 188 – AD 217
  10. Commodus AD 161 – AD 192
  11. Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
  12. Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
  13. Didius Julianus AD 133 – AD 193
  14. Macrinus c. AD 164 – AD 218
  15. Irenaeus c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
  16. Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  17. Lucius Verus AD 130 – AD 169
  18. Maximinus Thrax AD 173 – AD 238
  19. Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
  20. Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
  21. Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
  22. Justin Martyr c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  23. Zhang Heng AD 78 – AD 139
  24. Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
  25. Geta AD 189 – AD 211
  26. Appian c. AD 95 – c. AD 165
  27. Arrian c. AD 91 – c. AD 176
  28. Pausanias c. AD 113 – c. AD 180
  29. Balbinus AD 178 – AD 238
  30. Polycarp c. AD 69 – AD 155
  31. Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
  32. Zhuge Liang AD 181 – AD 234
  33. Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
  34. Aulus Gellius c. AD 130 – c. AD 180
  35. Rabbi Akiva c. AD 50 – AD 135
  36. Kanishka AD 78 – AD 144
  37. Marcion of Sinope c. AD 90 – c. AD 160
  38. Tatian c. AD 120 – c. AD 173
  39. Aśvaghoṣa AD 80 – AD 150
  40. Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
  41. Clodius Albinus AD 150 – AD 197
  42. Cao Pi AD 187 – AD 226
  43. Antinous c. AD 111 – AD 130
  44. Gaius c. 120s – c. AD 180
  45. Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
  46. Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
  47. Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
  48. Papinian AD 142 – c. AD 212
  49. Florus c. AD 72 – c. AD 140
  50. Marcus Cornelius Fronto c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
  51. Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
  52. Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
  53. Herodes Atticus c. AD 101 – AD 177
  54. Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240