Who Was Alive

Were Ptolemy and Pertinax alive at the same time?

Yes. Ptolemy and Pertinax were alive at the same time, from AD 126 to c. AD 170.

Ptolemy

Ptolemy

Roman mathematician and astronomer

Born c. AD 100 · died c. AD 170

Pertinax

Pertinax

Roman emperor

Born 1 August AD 126 · died 28 March AD 193, aged 66

  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. Pertinax, AD 126 – AD 193
  9. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250

Ptolemy and Pertinax 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 Pertinax were born

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