Who Was Alive
Tao Yuanming
Chen Hongshou (1599-1652), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Tao Yuanming

Chinese poet

Born 11 February AD 365 · died 21 November AD 427, aged 62

Who was alive at the same time as Tao Yuanming?

  1. Athanasius of Alexandria, AD 296 – AD 373
  2. Pope Damasus I, AD 305 – AD 384
  3. Pope Liberius, c. AD 310 – AD 366
  4. Martin of Tours, c. AD 327 – AD 397
  5. Ammianus Marcellinus, c. AD 330 – c. AD 395
  6. Basil of Caesarea, AD 329 – AD 379
  7. Gregory of Nazianzus, c. AD 330 – c. AD 390
  8. Pope Siricius, AD 334 – AD 399
  9. Ambrose, c. AD 339 – AD 397
  10. Pope Anastasius I, AD 340 – AD 401
  11. Jerome, c. AD 345 – c. AD 420
  12. John Chrysostom, c. AD 350 – AD 407
  13. Theodosius I, AD 347 – AD 395
  14. Augustine of Hippo, AD 354 – AD 430
  15. Hypatia, c. AD 360 – AD 415
  16. Tao Yuanming, AD 365 – AD 427
  17. Pope Boniface I, c. AD 370 – AD 422
  18. Saint Patrick, c. AD 385 – c. AD 461
  19. Honorius, AD 384 – AD 423
  20. Pope Leo I, c. AD 394 – AD 461
  21. Pope Sixtus III, c. AD 390 – AD 440
  22. Theodosius II, AD 401 – AD 450
  23. Pope Gelasius I, AD 410 – AD 496
  24. Pope Simplicius, c. AD 420 – AD 483

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When Tao Yuanming was born, Augustine of Hippo was 10, Theodosius I was 18, Basil of Caesarea was 35 or 36, Athanasius of Alexandria was 68 or 69 and Pope Damasus I was 59 or 60.

When Tao Yuanming died, Augustine of Hippo was 73, Pope Gelasius I was 16 or 17, Theodosius II was 26, Cyril of Alexandria was 50 or 51 and Valentinian III was 8.

Born during Tao Yuanming’s lifetime: Pope Leo I, Pope Gelasius I, Pope Sixtus III, Pope Boniface I, Pope Simplicius, Saint Patrick, Honorius and Theodosius II.

Not quite contemporaries: Julian died about 2 years before Tao Yuanming was born, Anthony the Great died about 5 years before Tao Yuanming was born, Constantius II died about 4 years before Tao Yuanming was born and Odoacer was born about 4 years after Tao Yuanming died.

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Where Tao Yuanming’s contemporaries were born

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The 94 best-known contemporaries

94 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Tao Yuanming. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 396.

  1. Augustine of Hippo AD 354 – AD 430
  2. Hypatia c. AD 360 – AD 415
  3. Jerome c. AD 345 – c. AD 420
  4. John Chrysostom c. AD 350 – AD 407
  5. Ambrose c. AD 339 – AD 397
  6. Pope Leo I c. AD 394 – AD 461
  7. Theodosius I AD 347 – AD 395
  8. Basil of Caesarea AD 329 – AD 379
  9. Gregory of Nazianzus c. AD 330 – c. AD 390
  10. Athanasius of Alexandria AD 296 – AD 373
  11. Pope Damasus I AD 305 – AD 384
  12. Pope Gelasius I AD 410 – AD 496
  13. Martin of Tours c. AD 327 – AD 397
  14. Pope Liberius c. AD 310 – AD 366
  15. Pope Sixtus III c. AD 390 – AD 440
  16. Pope Siricius AD 334 – AD 399
  17. Pope Boniface I c. AD 370 – AD 422
  18. Pope Simplicius c. AD 420 – AD 483
  19. Ammianus Marcellinus c. AD 330 – c. AD 395
  20. Pope Anastasius I AD 340 – AD 401
  21. Saint Patrick c. AD 385 – c. AD 461
  22. Honorius AD 384 – AD 423
  23. Theodosius II AD 401 – AD 450
  24. Valentinian I AD 321 – AD 375
  25. Arcadius AD 377 – AD 408
  26. Pope Hilarius c. AD 415 – AD 468
  27. Valens AD 328 – AD 378
  28. Cyril of Alexandria AD 376 – AD 444
  29. Mesrop Mashtots c. AD 362 – AD 440
  30. Nestorius 380s – c. AD 451
  31. Valentinian III AD 419 – AD 455
  32. Zeno AD 425 – AD 491
  33. Gaiseric AD 389 – AD 477
  34. Flavius Aetius 390s – AD 454
  35. Marcian AD 392 – AD 457
  36. Ephrem the Syrian c. AD 306 – AD 373
  37. Shapur II c. AD 310 – AD 379
  38. Hilary of Poitiers AD 315 – AD 367
  39. Ausonius AD 310 – AD 395
  40. Gratian AD 359 – AD 383
  41. Leo I c. AD 401 – AD 474
  42. Proclus AD 412 – AD 485
  43. Ulfilas c. AD 309 – AD 383
  44. Claudian c. AD 370 – c. AD 405
  45. Theodoric I AD 393 – AD 451
  46. Petronius Maximus c. AD 396 – AD 455
  47. Avitus AD 395 – AD 457
  48. Valentinian II AD 371 – AD 392
  49. Constantius III c. AD 370 – AD 421
  50. Cyril of Jerusalem c. AD 313 – c. AD 386
  51. Stilicho AD 359 – AD 408
  52. Anthemius AD 420 – AD 472
  53. Epiphanius of Salamis c. AD 315 – AD 403
  54. Samudragupta AD 335 – AD 380
  55. Faxian c. AD 339 – c. AD 423
  56. Orosius c. AD 385 – c. AD 418
  57. Libius Severus AD 420 – AD 465
  58. Aurelius Victor c. AD 321 – c. AD 391
  59. Bahram V AD 406 – c. AD 439
  60. Magnus Maximus AD 335 – AD 388
  61. Kumārajīva c. AD 345 – AD 413
  62. Saint Monica AD 332 – AD 387
  63. Pelagius c. AD 354 – c. AD 420
  64. Socrates of Constantinople c. AD 380 – c. AD 440
  65. Galla Placidia AD 386 – AD 450
  66. Genevieve AD 423 – AD 502
  67. Prudentius AD 348 – c. AD 411
  68. Macrobius c. AD 370 – c. AD 431
  69. John Cassian AD 360 – AD 435
  70. Synesius AD 370 – AD 413
  71. Chlodio c. AD 393 – AD 448
  72. Pulcheria AD 399 – AD 453
  73. Euric AD 420 – AD 484
  74. Theodoric II AD 426 – AD 466
  75. Libanius c. AD 314 – AD 393
  76. Mary of Egypt c. AD 344 – c. AD 421
  77. Priscus c. AD 410 – c. AD 471
  78. Thorismund c. AD 420 – AD 453
  79. Emperor Nintoku AD 290 – AD 399
  80. Ardashir II 310s – AD 383
  81. Martianus Capella c. AD 360 – c. AD 428
  82. Simeon Stylites c. AD 390 – AD 459
  83. Sozomen c. AD 400 – c. AD 450
  84. Aelia Eudocia 400s – AD 460
  85. Ricimer AD 405 – AD 472
  86. Athanaric AD 318 – AD 381
  87. Evagrius Ponticus c. AD 345 – AD 399
  88. Sigeric c. 370s – AD 415
  89. Peter Chrysologus AD 380 – AD 450
  90. Movses Khorenatsi c. AD 410 – c. AD 489
  91. Saint Marinus AD 275 – AD 366
  92. Macarius of Egypt c. AD 301 – AD 391
  93. Eugenius AD 345 – AD 394
  94. Ermanaric c. AD 291 – c. AD 376