Tatian
Roman writer and theologian
Born c. AD 120 · died c. AD 173
Also known as Tatianus, Tatian the Syrian
Who was alive at the same time as Tatian?
- Epictetus, c. AD 50 – c. AD 131
- Hadrian, AD 76 – AD 138
- Zhang Heng, AD 78 – AD 139
- Antoninus Pius, AD 86 – AD 161
- Arrian, c. AD 91 – c. AD 176
- Appian, c. AD 95 – c. AD 165
- Ptolemy, c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
- Justin Martyr, c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
- Pausanias, c. AD 113 – c. AD 180
- Lucian, c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
- Tatian, c. AD 120 – c. AD 173
- Marcus Aurelius, AD 121 – AD 180
- Pertinax, AD 126 – AD 193
- Irenaeus, c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
- Lucius Verus, AD 130 – AD 169
- Didius Julianus, AD 133 – AD 193
- Septimius Severus, AD 146 – AD 211
- Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
- Clement of Alexandria, c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
- Cao Cao, AD 155 – AD 220
- Tertullian, c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
- Gordian I, AD 159 – AD 238
- Commodus, AD 161 – AD 192
- Macrinus, c. AD 164 – AD 218
Born during Tatian’s lifetime: Nagarjuna, Tertullian, Septimius Severus, Commodus, Didius Julianus, Macrinus, Pertinax and Irenaeus.
Not quite contemporaries: Pliny the Younger died about 3 years before Tatian was born, Martial died about 13 years before Tatian was born, Caracalla was born about 13 years after Tatian died and Origen was born about 8 years after Tatian died.
Where Tatian’s contemporaries were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Epictetus: Hierapolis
- Hadrian: Italica
- Zhang Heng: Nanyang
- Antoninus Pius: Lanuvium
- Arrian: Nicomedia
- Appian: Alexandria
- Ptolemy: Ptolemais Hermiou
- Justin Martyr: Nablus
- Pausanias: Asia
- Lucian: Samosata
- Marcus Aurelius: Rome
- Pertinax: Alba
- Irenaeus: İzmir
- Lucius Verus: Rome
- Didius Julianus: Mediolanum
- Septimius Severus: Leptis Magna
- Nagarjuna: South India
- Clement of Alexandria: Athens
- Gordian I: Phrygia
- Commodus: Lanuvium
- Macrinus: Cherchell
- Polycarp: İzmir
- Ulpian: Tyre
- Aulus Gellius: Rome
- Rabbi Akiva: Lod
- Kanishka: Peshawar
- Marcion of Sinope: Sinop
- Guan Yu: Yanhu District
- Clodius Albinus: Hadrumetum
- Antinous: Bolu
- Papinian: Homs
- Florus: Africa
- Marcus Cornelius Fronto: Cirta
- Herodes Atticus: Marathon
- Sextus Julius Africanus: Aelia Capitolina
Compare Tatian
The 41 best-known contemporaries
41 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Tatian. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 147.
- Marcus Aurelius AD 121 – AD 180
- Ptolemy c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
- Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
- Epictetus c. AD 50 – c. AD 131
- Hadrian AD 76 – AD 138
- Lucian c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
- Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
- Antoninus Pius AD 86 – AD 161
- Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
- Commodus AD 161 – AD 192
- Didius Julianus AD 133 – AD 193
- Macrinus c. AD 164 – AD 218
- Pertinax AD 126 – AD 193
- Irenaeus c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
- Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
- Lucius Verus AD 130 – AD 169
- Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
- Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
- Justin Martyr c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
- Zhang Heng AD 78 – AD 139
- Appian c. AD 95 – c. AD 165
- Arrian c. AD 91 – c. AD 176
- Pausanias c. AD 113 – c. AD 180
- Polycarp c. AD 69 – AD 155
- Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
- Aulus Gellius c. AD 130 – c. AD 180
- Rabbi Akiva c. AD 50 – AD 135
- Kanishka AD 78 – AD 144
- Marcion of Sinope c. AD 90 – c. AD 160
- Aśvaghoṣa AD 80 – AD 150
- Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
- Clodius Albinus AD 150 – AD 197
- Antinous c. AD 111 – AD 130
- Gaius c. 120s – c. AD 180
- Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
- Papinian AD 142 – c. AD 212
- Florus c. AD 72 – c. AD 140
- Marcus Cornelius Fronto c. AD 100 – c. AD 165
- Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
- Herodes Atticus c. AD 101 – AD 177
- Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240