Who Was Alive
Theodora
Meister von San Vitale in Ravenna, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Theodora

Byzantine emperor

Born AD 496–503 · died 28 June AD 548
Also known as Empress Theodora, Empress Theodora of Byzantium

Who was alive at the same time as Theodora?

  1. Justin I, AD 450 – AD 527
  2. Pope Hormisdas, AD 450 – AD 523
  3. Theodoric the Great, AD 454 – AD 526
  4. Pope Symmachus, c. AD 460 – AD 514
  5. Clovis I, c. AD 466 – AD 511
  6. Pope John I, c. AD 470 – AD 526
  7. Pope John II, AD 470 – AD 535
  8. Aryabhata, AD 476 – AD 550
  9. Pope Silverius, AD 477 – AD 537
  10. Boethius, c. AD 480 – AD 524
  11. Benedict of Nursia, AD 480 – AD 547
  12. Justinian I, AD 482 – AD 565
  13. Pope Agapetus I, 490s – AD 536
  14. Theodora, c. AD 500 – AD 548
  15. Chlothar I, AD 498 – AD 561
  16. Khosrow I, AD 501 – AD 579
  17. Pope Pelagius I, c. AD 505 – AD 561
  18. Belisarius, c. AD 505 – AD 565
  19. Pope Pelagius II, c. AD 520 – AD 590
  20. Pope Benedict I, c. AD 526 – AD 579
  21. Pope Sabinian, c. AD 530 – AD 606
  22. Pope Gregory I, c. AD 541 – AD 604
  23. Pope Boniface III, c. AD 540 – AD 607
  24. Maurice, AD 539 – AD 602

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When Theodora died, Justinian I was 66, Aryabhata was 71 or 72, Maurice was 8 or 9, Chlothar I was 49 or 50 and Khosrow I was 46 or 47.

Born during Theodora’s lifetime: Pope Gregory I, Pope Pelagius II, Pope Pelagius I, Pope Benedict I, Belisarius, Pope Sabinian, Pope Boniface III and Maurice.

Not quite contemporaries: Pope Gelasius I died about a year before Theodora was born, Isidore of Seville was born about 10 years after Theodora died, Pope Simplicius died about 14 years before Theodora was born and Odoacer died about 4 years before Theodora was born.

Where Theodora’s contemporaries were born

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Birthplaces as a list

Compare Theodora

The 63 best-known contemporaries

63 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Theodora. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 526.

  1. Justinian I AD 482 – AD 565
  2. Pope Gregory I c. AD 541 – AD 604
  3. Aryabhata AD 476 – AD 550
  4. Boethius c. AD 480 – AD 524
  5. Benedict of Nursia AD 480 – AD 547
  6. Clovis I c. AD 466 – AD 511
  7. Theodoric the Great AD 454 – AD 526
  8. Pope Hormisdas AD 450 – AD 523
  9. Pope John I c. AD 470 – AD 526
  10. Pope Pelagius II c. AD 520 – AD 590
  11. Pope John II AD 470 – AD 535
  12. Pope Pelagius I c. AD 505 – AD 561
  13. Pope Benedict I c. AD 526 – AD 579
  14. Pope Symmachus c. AD 460 – AD 514
  15. Pope Silverius AD 477 – AD 537
  16. Pope Agapetus I 490s – AD 536
  17. Belisarius c. AD 505 – AD 565
  18. Pope Sabinian c. AD 530 – AD 606
  19. Pope Boniface III c. AD 540 – AD 607
  20. Maurice AD 539 – AD 602
  21. Chlothar I AD 498 – AD 561
  22. Khosrow I AD 501 – AD 579
  23. Justin I AD 450 – AD 527
  24. Anastasius I Dicorus AD 430 – AD 518
  25. Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 545 – AD 570
  26. Justin II c. AD 520 – AD 578
  27. Phocas AD 547 – AD 610
  28. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 541 – AD 619
  29. Cassiodorus c. AD 487 – AD 583
  30. Tiberius II Constantine c. AD 520 – AD 582
  31. Gregory of Tours AD 538 – AD 594
  32. Columba AD 521 – AD 597
  33. Chlodomer c. AD 495 – AD 524
  34. Childebert I c. AD 497 – AD 558
  35. Amalasuintha AD 498 – AD 535
  36. Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 497 – AD 579
  37. Alaric II c. AD 463 – AD 507
  38. Totila c. AD 510 – AD 552
  39. Charibert I c. AD 520 – c. AD 568
  40. Zosimus c. AD 460 – c. AD 520
  41. Dionysius Exiguus c. AD 475 – c. AD 549
  42. Theuderic I c. AD 485 – AD 534
  43. Brendan the Navigator c. AD 486 – AD 577
  44. John Malalas c. AD 491 – c. AD 578
  45. Guntram c. AD 532 – c. AD 593
  46. Athalaric AD 516 – AD 534
  47. Kavad I AD 473 – AD 531
  48. Narses AD 478 – c. AD 572
  49. Theudebert I c. AD 500 – AD 548
  50. Columbanus c. AD 543 – AD 615
  51. Anthemius of Tralles c. AD 474 – c. AD 534
  52. Sigebert I AD 535 – AD 575
  53. Emperor Wen of Sui AD 541 – AD 604
  54. Clotilde AD 474 – AD 545
  55. Gelimer c. AD 480 – AD 553
  56. Radegund AD 518 – AD 587
  57. Isidore of Miletus AD 442 – AD 537
  58. Imru' al-Qais c. AD 501 – c. AD 544
  59. Gildas AD 500 – AD 570
  60. Venantius Fortunatus c. AD 534 – AD 609
  61. Brigid of Kildare c. AD 452 – c. AD 525
  62. Saint David AD 512 – AD 589
  63. Alboin c. AD 529 – AD 572