Who Was Alive

Were Plotinus and Aurelian alive at the same time?

Yes. Plotinus and Aurelian were alive at the same time for 55 or 56 years, from AD 214 to AD 270.

Plotinus was 8 or 9 when Aurelian was born.

Aurelian was 55 or 56 when Plotinus died, aged 64 or 65.

Plotinus

Plotinus

Roman philosopher

Born AD 205 · died AD 270, aged 64 or 65

Aurelian

Aurelian

Roman emperor

Born 9 September AD 214 · died AD 275, aged 61

  1. Septimius Severus, AD 146 – AD 211
  2. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  3. Tertullian, c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  4. Caracalla, AD 188 – AD 217
  5. Plotinus, AD 205 – AD 270
  6. Aurelian, AD 214 – AD 275
  7. Diocletian, 240s – AD 316
  8. Constantine the Great, c. AD 272 – AD 337

Plotinus and Aurelian 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 Plotinus and Aurelian were born

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