Who Was Alive

Were Plotinus and Pope Marcellus I alive at the same time?

Yes. Plotinus and Pope Marcellus I were alive at the same time for 14 or 15 years, from AD 255 to AD 270.

Plotinus was 49 or 50 when Pope Marcellus I was born.

Pope Marcellus I was 14 or 15 when Plotinus died, aged 64 or 65.

Plotinus

Plotinus

Roman philosopher

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

Pope Marcellus I

Pope Marcellus I

Roman Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 6 January AD 255 · died 16 January AD 309, aged 54

  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. Pope Marcellus I, AD 255 – AD 309
  9. Constantine the Great, c. AD 272 – AD 337
  10. Saint George, AD 275 – c. AD 303

Plotinus and Pope Marcellus I 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 Pope Marcellus I were born

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