Who Was Alive

Were Theodoric the Great and Aryabhata alive at the same time?

Yes. Theodoric the Great and Aryabhata were alive at the same time for 49 or 50 years, from AD 476 to AD 526.

Theodoric the Great was 21 or 22 when Aryabhata was born.

Aryabhata was 49 or 50 when Theodoric the Great died, aged 72.

Theodoric the Great

Theodoric the Great

Monarch of Italy

Born 12 May AD 454 · died 30 August AD 526, aged 72

Aryabhata

Aryabhata

Astronomer

Born AD 476 · died AD 550

  1. Pope Leo I, c. AD 394 – AD 461
  2. Theodoric the Great, AD 454 – AD 526
  3. Clovis I, c. AD 466 – AD 511
  4. Aryabhata, AD 476 – AD 550
  5. Boethius, c. AD 480 – AD 524
  6. Benedict of Nursia, AD 480 – AD 547
  7. Justinian I, AD 482 – AD 565
  8. Pope Gregory I, c. AD 541 – AD 604

Theodoric the Great and Aryabhata in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Theodoric the Great and Aryabhata were born

Theodoric the Great and Aryabhata are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (7 of 8 placed); tap one to open that person.
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