Philip the Arab

Roman emperor

Born c. AD 204 · died AD 249
Also known as Philippus Arabs, Philip, Marcus Julius Philippus Arabs

Who was alive at the same time as Philip the Arab?

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When Philip the Arab died, Plotinus was 43 or 44, Aurelian was 34 or 35, Decius was 47 or 48, Claudius Gothicus was 34 or 35 and Saint Lawrence was 23 or 24.

Born during Philip the Arab’s lifetime: Aurelian, Pope Sixtus II, Severus Alexander, Mani, Claudius Gothicus, Gordian III, Gallienus and Porphyry of Tyre.

Not quite contemporaries: Commodus died about 9 years before Philip the Arab was born, Arius was born about a year after Philip the Arab died, Eusebius was born about 14 years after Philip the Arab died and Didius Julianus died about 8 years before Philip the Arab was born.

What happened in Philip the Arab’s lifetime

Battle of Red Cliffs AD 208

Where Philip the Arab’s contemporaries were born

Philip the Arab is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (56 of 67 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Philip the Arab: Shahba
Septimius Severus: Leptis Magna
Nagarjuna: South India
Clement of Alexandria: Athens
Macrinus: Cherchell
Maximinus Thrax: Thrace
Saint Valentine: Terni
Pope Cornelius: Rome
Origen: Alexandria
Caracalla: Lugdunum
Pope Dionysius: Roman Empire
Pope Fabian: Rome
Diophantus: Alexandria
Valerian: Roman Empire
Decius: Martinci
Elagabalus: Rome
Plotinus: Asyut
Severus Alexander: Tell Arqa
Pope Sixtus II: Greece
Mani: Ctesiphon
Claudius Gothicus: Sremska Mitrovica
Aurelian: Sirmium
Gordian I: Phrygia
Gordian III: Rome
Porphyry of Tyre: Tyre
Ardashir I: Istakhr
Geta: Rome
Saint Lawrence: Osca
Aemilianus: Djerba
Probus: Sirmium
Tacitus: Terni
Trebonianus Gallus: Perugia
Quintillus: Sirmium
Agatha of Sicily: Catania
Zenobia: Palmyra
Hippolytus of Rome: Anatolia
Cecilia of Rome: Rome
Carus: Narbonne
Zhuge Liang: Yinan County
Florianus: Terni
Iamblichus: Qinnasrin
Hostilian: Sremska Mitrovica
Ulpian: Tyre
Guan Yu: Yanhu District
Herennius Etruscus: Pannonia
Cao Pi: Bozhou
Gregory the Illuminator: Armenia
Saloninus: Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium
Sun Quan: Zhejiang
Novatian: Phrygia
Herodian: Roman Empire
Paul of Thebes: Egypt
Papinian: Homs
Dionysius of Alexandria: Alexandria
Liu Hui: Zibo
Sextus Julius Africanus: Aelia Capitolina

Compare Philip the Arab

The 66 best-known contemporaries

66 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Philip the Arab. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 228.

Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
Caracalla AD 188 – AD 217
Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
Elagabalus AD 203 – AD 222
Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
Pope Sixtus II c. AD 215 – AD 258
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
Pope Fabian c. 200s – AD 250
Macrinus c. AD 164 – AD 218
Decius AD 201 – AD 251
Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
Maximinus Thrax AD 173 – AD 238
Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
Gordian III AD 225 – AD 244
Gallienus c. AD 218 – AD 268
Porphyry of Tyre c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
Geta AD 189 – AD 211
Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
Saint Lawrence AD 225 – AD 258
Aemilianus AD 207 – AD 253
Probus AD 232 – AD 282
Balbinus AD 178 – AD 238
Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
Trebonianus Gallus AD 206 – AD 253
Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
Agatha of Sicily AD 235 – AD 261
Gordian II 190s – AD 238
Zenobia c. AD 240 – AD 274
Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
Cecilia of Rome c. AD 200 – c. AD 230
Diadumenian AD 208 – AD 218
Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
Zhuge Liang AD 181 – AD 234
Florianus AD 232 – AD 276
Iamblichus c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
Hostilian c. AD 232 – AD 251
Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
Volusianus AD 230 – AD 253
Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
Herennius Etruscus c. AD 227 – AD 251
Cao Pi AD 187 – AD 226
Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
Saloninus AD 242 – AD 260
Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
Novatian AD 220 – AD 258
Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
Papinian AD 142 – c. AD 212
Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240