Who Was Alive

Were Plotinus and Diocletian alive at the same time?

Yes. Plotinus and Diocletian were alive at the same time, from 240s to AD 270.

Plotinus

Hellenistic Platonist philosopher and founder of Neoplatonism

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

Diocletian

Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire

Born 240s · died 3 December AD 316

  1. Septimius Severus
  2. Nagarjuna
  3. Tertullian
  4. Plotinus
  5. Diocletian
  6. Constantine the Great
  7. Saint George
Plotinus and Diocletian in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.