Who Was Alive
Severus Alexander
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Severus Alexander

Roman emperor

Born 1 October AD 208 · died 19 March AD 235, aged 26
Also known as Alexianus Bassianus, Alexander Severus, Alexander Mammaeae

Who was alive at the same time as Severus Alexander?

  1. Septimius Severus, AD 146 – AD 211
  2. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  3. Clement of Alexandria, c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  4. Cao Cao, AD 155 – AD 220
  5. Tertullian, c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  6. Macrinus, c. AD 164 – AD 218
  7. Maximinus Thrax, AD 173 – AD 238
  8. Saint Valentine, AD 175 – AD 273
  9. Pope Cornelius, c. AD 180 – AD 253
  10. Origen, c. AD 184 – AD 254
  11. Caracalla, AD 188 – AD 217
  12. Pope Dionysius, c. AD 200 – AD 268
  13. Pope Fabian, c. 200s – AD 250
  14. Diophantus, c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  15. Valerian, c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  16. Decius, AD 201 – AD 251
  17. Philip the Arab, c. AD 204 – AD 249
  18. Elagabalus, AD 203 – AD 222
  19. Plotinus, AD 205 – AD 270
  20. Severus Alexander, AD 208 – AD 235
  21. Pope Sixtus II, c. AD 215 – AD 258
  22. Mani, c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  23. Claudius Gothicus, AD 214 – AD 270
  24. Aurelian, AD 214 – AD 275

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When Severus Alexander was born, Plotinus was 2 or 3, Septimius Severus was 61 or 62, Caracalla was 20, Elagabalus was 5 and Decius was 6 or 7.

When Severus Alexander died, Plotinus was 29 or 30, Aurelian was 20, Decius was 33 or 34, Maximinus Thrax was 61 or 62 and Saint Valentine was 59 or 60.

Born during Severus Alexander’s lifetime: Aurelian, Pope Sixtus II, Mani, Claudius Gothicus, Gordian III, Gallienus, Saint Lawrence and Probus.

Not quite contemporaries: Diocletian was born about 5 years after Severus Alexander died, Arius was born about 15 years after Severus Alexander died, Irenaeus died about 4 years before Severus Alexander was born and Constantius Chlorus was born about 15 years after Severus Alexander died.

Where Severus Alexander’s contemporaries were born

Severus Alexander is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (49 of 58 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list

Compare Severus Alexander

The 57 best-known contemporaries

57 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Severus Alexander. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 222.

  1. Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  2. Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
  3. Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  4. Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
  5. Caracalla AD 188 – AD 217
  6. Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
  7. Elagabalus AD 203 – AD 222
  8. Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
  9. Pope Sixtus II c. AD 215 – AD 258
  10. Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
  11. Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  12. Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
  13. Pope Fabian c. 200s – AD 250
  14. Macrinus c. AD 164 – AD 218
  15. Decius AD 201 – AD 251
  16. Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  17. Philip the Arab c. AD 204 – AD 249
  18. Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  19. Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  20. Maximinus Thrax AD 173 – AD 238
  21. Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
  22. Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
  23. Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
  24. Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
  25. Gordian III AD 225 – AD 244
  26. Gallienus c. AD 218 – AD 268
  27. Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
  28. Geta AD 189 – AD 211
  29. Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
  30. Saint Lawrence AD 225 – AD 258
  31. Aemilianus AD 207 – AD 253
  32. Probus AD 232 – AD 282
  33. Balbinus AD 178 – AD 238
  34. Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
  35. Trebonianus Gallus AD 206 – AD 253
  36. Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
  37. Gordian II 190s – AD 238
  38. Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
  39. Cecilia of Rome c. AD 200 – c. AD 230
  40. Diadumenian AD 208 – AD 218
  41. Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
  42. Zhuge Liang AD 181 – AD 234
  43. Florianus AD 232 – AD 276
  44. Volusianus AD 230 – AD 253
  45. Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
  46. Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
  47. Herennius Etruscus c. AD 227 – AD 251
  48. Cao Pi AD 187 – AD 226
  49. Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
  50. Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
  51. Novatian AD 220 – AD 258
  52. Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
  53. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  54. Papinian AD 142 – c. AD 212
  55. Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
  56. Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
  57. Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240