Who Was Alive

Were Ptolemy and Didius Julianus alive at the same time?

Yes. Ptolemy and Didius Julianus were alive at the same time, from AD 133 to c. AD 170.

Ptolemy

Ptolemy

Roman mathematician and astronomer

Born c. AD 100 · died c. AD 170

Didius Julianus

Didius Julianus

Roman emperor

Born AD 133 · died 1 June AD 193, aged 59 or 60

  1. Plutarch, c. AD 45 – c. AD 120
  2. Epictetus, c. AD 50 – c. AD 131
  3. Tacitus, c. AD 55 – c. AD 120
  4. Hadrian, AD 76 – AD 138
  5. Ptolemy, c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
  6. Lucian, c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
  7. Marcus Aurelius, AD 121 – AD 180
  8. Didius Julianus, AD 133 – AD 193
  9. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250

Ptolemy and Didius Julianus 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 Ptolemy and Didius Julianus were born

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