Who Was Alive

Theophylact Simocatta

Historian

Born AD 580 · died AD 630
Also known as Theophylactus Simocatta

Who was alive at the same time as Theophylact Simocatta?

  1. Pope Pelagius II, c. AD 520 – AD 590
  2. Pope Gregory I, c. AD 541 – AD 604
  3. Isidore of Seville, c. AD 560 – AD 636
  4. Pope Adeodatus I, AD 570 – AD 618
  5. Muhammad, AD 571 – AD 632
  6. Abu Bakr, c. AD 573 – AD 634
  7. Heraclius, c. AD 575 – AD 641
  8. Uthman, c. AD 575 – AD 656
  9. Pope Agatho, AD 574 – AD 681
  10. Theophylact Simocatta, AD 580 – AD 630
  11. Pope Honorius I, c. AD 585 – AD 638
  12. Umar, c. AD 586 – AD 644
  13. Khalid ibn al-Walid, AD 586 – AD 642
  14. Brahmagupta, c. AD 598 – c. AD 670
  15. Pope John IV, c. AD 600 – AD 642
  16. Pope Martin I, AD 598 – AD 655
  17. Ali, AD 599 – AD 661
  18. Xuanzang, AD 602 – AD 664
  19. Mu'awiya I, AD 603 – AD 680
  20. Fatima, c. AD 610 – AD 632
  21. Pope Leo II, AD 611 – AD 683
  22. Aisha, AD 614 – c. AD 678
  23. Hasan ibn Ali, AD 625 – AD 669
  24. Husayn ibn Ali, AD 626 – AD 680

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When Theophylact Simocatta was born, Muhammad was 8 or 9, Pope Adeodatus I was 9 or 10, Pope Agatho was 5 or 6, Maurice was 40 or 41 and Khosrow II was 9 or 10.

When Theophylact Simocatta died, Muhammad was 58 or 59, Ali was 30 or 31, Aisha was 15 or 16, Husayn ibn Ali was 3 or 4 and Hasan ibn Ali was 4 or 5.

Born during Theophylact Simocatta’s lifetime: Umar, Ali, Brahmagupta, Aisha, Husayn ibn Ali, Fatima, Mu'awiya I and Pope Honorius I.

Not quite contemporaries: Justinian I died about 15 years before Theophylact Simocatta was born, Pope Benedict II was born about 4 years after Theophylact Simocatta died, Pope Benedict I died about a year before Theophylact Simocatta was born and Pope John V was born about 4 years after Theophylact Simocatta died.

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The 103 best-known contemporaries

103 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Theophylact Simocatta. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 606.

  1. Muhammad AD 571 – AD 632
  2. Umar c. AD 586 – AD 644
  3. Ali AD 599 – AD 661
  4. Abu Bakr c. AD 573 – AD 634
  5. Brahmagupta c. AD 598 – c. AD 670
  6. Pope Gregory I c. AD 541 – AD 604
  7. Uthman c. AD 575 – AD 656
  8. Aisha AD 614 – c. AD 678
  9. Husayn ibn Ali AD 626 – AD 680
  10. Fatima c. AD 610 – AD 632
  11. Mu'awiya I AD 603 – AD 680
  12. Heraclius c. AD 575 – AD 641
  13. Isidore of Seville c. AD 560 – AD 636
  14. Pope Honorius I c. AD 585 – AD 638
  15. Pope Pelagius II c. AD 520 – AD 590
  16. Hasan ibn Ali AD 625 – AD 669
  17. Pope Martin I AD 598 – AD 655
  18. Pope Leo II AD 611 – AD 683
  19. Khalid ibn al-Walid AD 586 – AD 642
  20. Pope John IV c. AD 600 – AD 642
  21. Xuanzang AD 602 – AD 664
  22. Pope Adeodatus I AD 570 – AD 618
  23. Pope Agatho AD 574 – AD 681
  24. Pope Vitalian c. AD 600 – AD 672
  25. Pope Boniface IV c. AD 550 – AD 615
  26. Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
  27. Pope Sabinian c. AD 530 – AD 606
  28. Pope Boniface III c. AD 540 – AD 607
  29. Maurice AD 539 – AD 602
  30. Bilal ibn Rabah AD 581 – c. AD 642
  31. Khosrow II AD 570 – AD 628
  32. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 568 – AD 653
  33. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr AD 624 – AD 692
  34. Phocas AD 547 – AD 610
  35. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 541 – AD 619
  36. Maximus the Confessor AD 579 – AD 662
  37. Hafsa bint Umar AD 604 – AD 665
  38. Ibn Abbas c. AD 619 – AD 688
  39. Cassiodorus c. AD 487 – AD 583
  40. Tiberius II Constantine c. AD 520 – AD 582
  41. Gregory of Tours AD 538 – AD 594
  42. Amr ibn al-As AD 570 – AD 664
  43. Emperor Taizong of Tang AD 598 – AD 649
  44. Heraclius Constantine AD 612 – AD 641
  45. Marwan I AD 623 – AD 685
  46. Columba AD 521 – AD 597
  47. Salman the Persian AD 568 – AD 657
  48. Chlothar II AD 584 – AD 629
  49. Zubayr ibn al-Awwam AD 594 – AD 656
  50. Emperor Gaozu of Tang AD 566 – AD 635
  51. Abu Sufyan c. AD 570 – c. AD 646
  52. Yazdegerd III AD 624 – AD 652
  53. Harsha AD 590 – AD 647
  54. Abu Hurayra AD 602 – AD 679
  55. Dagobert I c. AD 611 – AD 639
  56. Heraclonas AD 618 – AD 641
  57. Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah AD 583 – AD 639
  58. Zaynab bint Jahsh AD 592 – AD 642
  59. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas AD 595 – c. AD 675
  60. Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib AD 568 – AD 625
  61. Bhartṛhari AD 570 – c. AD 651
  62. Umm Salama AD 596 – AD 681
  63. Zaynab bint Ali c. AD 627 – c. AD 684
  64. Guntram c. AD 532 – c. AD 593
  65. Childebert II AD 570 – AD 596
  66. Sawdah bint Zam'ah AD 589 – AD 674
  67. Zaynab bint Khuzayma AD 595 – AD 625
  68. Talha ibn Ubayd Allah AD 595 – AD 656
  69. Penda of Mercia c. AD 606 – AD 655
  70. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab c. AD 610 – AD 693
  71. Æthelberht of Kent AD 552 – AD 612
  72. John Climacus c. AD 579 – c. AD 649
  73. Umm Habiba c. AD 594 – AD 665
  74. Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud AD 594 – AD 653
  75. Columbanus c. AD 543 – AD 615
  76. Abu Lahab AD 549 – c. AD 625
  77. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf c. AD 577 – c. AD 654
  78. Maymunah bint al-Harith c. AD 592 – AD 672
  79. Boran AD 590 – AD 632
  80. Safiyya bint Huyayy c. AD 610 – AD 670
  81. Juwayriya bint al-Harith AD 608 – AD 676
  82. Emperor Wen of Sui AD 541 – AD 604
  83. Empress Suiko AD 554 – AD 628
  84. Prince Shōtoku AD 574 – AD 622
  85. Ruqayya bint Muhammad c. AD 600 – AD 624
  86. Emperor Tenji AD 626 – AD 672
  87. Radegund AD 518 – AD 587
  88. Theudebert II AD 585 – AD 612
  89. Theuderic II AD 587 – AD 613
  90. Empress Kōgyoku AD 594 – AD 661
  91. Venantius Fortunatus c. AD 534 – AD 609
  92. Theodelinda c. AD 570 – c. AD 628
  93. Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi AD 581 – AD 629
  94. Pepin of Landen c. AD 585 – AD 640
  95. Rayhana bint Zayd c. 590s – AD 631
  96. Sigebert II AD 602 – AD 613
  97. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  98. Saint David AD 512 – AD 589
  99. Reccared I c. AD 560 – AD 601
  100. Ammar ibn Yasir AD 570 – AD 657
  101. Zainab bint Muhammad c. AD 599 – c. AD 629
  102. Kubrat c. AD 595 – AD 665
  103. Ardashir III AD 621 – AD 630