Who Was Alive
Saloninus
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Saloninus

Roman emperor

Born AD 242 · died AD 260, aged 17 or 18

Who was alive at the same time as Saloninus?

  1. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  2. Saint Valentine, AD 175 – AD 273
  3. Pope Cornelius, c. AD 180 – AD 253
  4. Origen, c. AD 184 – AD 254
  5. Pope Dionysius, c. AD 200 – AD 268
  6. Pope Fabian, c. 200s – AD 250
  7. Diophantus, c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  8. Valerian, c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  9. Decius, AD 201 – AD 251
  10. Philip the Arab, c. AD 204 – AD 249
  11. Plotinus, AD 205 – AD 270
  12. Pope Sixtus II, c. AD 215 – AD 258
  13. Mani, c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  14. Claudius Gothicus, AD 214 – AD 270
  15. Aurelian, AD 214 – AD 275
  16. Gallienus, c. AD 218 – AD 268
  17. Gordian III, AD 225 – AD 244
  18. Diocletian, 240s – AD 316
  19. Saloninus, AD 242 – AD 260
  20. Helena, mother of Constantine I, c. AD 250 – AD 330
  21. Arius, 250s – AD 336
  22. Constantius Chlorus, AD 250 – AD 306
  23. Anthony the Great, AD 251 – c. AD 357
  24. Pope Marcellus I, AD 255 – AD 309

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When Saloninus was born, Plotinus was 36 or 37, Aurelian was 27 or 28, Decius was 40 or 41, Claudius Gothicus was 27 or 28 and Gordian III was 16 or 17.

When Saloninus died, Plotinus was 54 or 55, Aurelian was 45 or 46, Anthony the Great was 8 or 9, Constantius Chlorus was 9 or 10 and Pope Marcellus I was 4 or 5.

Born during Saloninus’s lifetime: Arius, Anthony the Great, Constantius Chlorus, Pope Marcellus I, Helena, mother of Constantine I, Saint Sebastian, Galerius and Iamblichus.

Not quite contemporaries: Constantine the Great was born about 10 years after Saloninus died, Saint George was born about 15 years after Saloninus died, Severus Alexander died about 7 years before Saloninus was born and Eusebius was born about 3 years after Saloninus died.

Where Saloninus’s contemporaries were born

Saloninus is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (50 of 55 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list

Compare Saloninus

The 54 best-known contemporaries

54 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Saloninus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 251.

  1. Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  2. Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
  3. Diocletian 240s – AD 316
  4. Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
  5. Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
  6. Pope Sixtus II c. AD 215 – AD 258
  7. Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
  8. Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  9. Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
  10. Pope Fabian c. 200s – AD 250
  11. Arius 250s – AD 336
  12. Decius AD 201 – AD 251
  13. Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
  14. Philip the Arab c. AD 204 – AD 249
  15. Constantius Chlorus AD 250 – AD 306
  16. Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  17. Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  18. Pope Marcellus I AD 255 – AD 309
  19. Helena, mother of Constantine I c. AD 250 – AD 330
  20. Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
  21. Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
  22. Gordian III AD 225 – AD 244
  23. Gallienus c. AD 218 – AD 268
  24. Porphyry of Tyre c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  25. Saint Sebastian c. AD 255 – AD 287
  26. Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
  27. Saint Lawrence AD 225 – AD 258
  28. Maximian c. AD 245 – AD 310
  29. Aemilianus AD 207 – AD 253
  30. Probus AD 232 – AD 282
  31. Galerius AD 258 – AD 311
  32. Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
  33. Trebonianus Gallus AD 206 – AD 253
  34. Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
  35. Agatha of Sicily AD 235 – AD 261
  36. Zenobia c. AD 240 – AD 274
  37. Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
  38. Florianus AD 232 – AD 276
  39. Iamblichus c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
  40. Carinus AD 250 – AD 285
  41. Hostilian c. AD 232 – AD 251
  42. Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
  43. Volusianus AD 230 – AD 253
  44. Numerian AD 254 – AD 284
  45. Herennius Etruscus c. AD 227 – AD 251
  46. Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
  47. Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
  48. Novatian AD 220 – AD 258
  49. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
  50. Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
  51. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  52. Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
  53. Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
  54. Arnobius AD 255 – AD 327