Who Was Alive
Totila
Michel Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (Text: Hartmann Schedel ), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Totila

King of the Ostrogoths

Born c. AD 510 · died AD 552
Also known as Baduila

Who was alive at the same time as Totila?

  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. Pope John I, c. AD 470 – AD 526
  6. Pope John II, AD 470 – AD 535
  7. Aryabhata, AD 476 – AD 550
  8. Pope Silverius, AD 477 – AD 537
  9. Boethius, c. AD 480 – AD 524
  10. Benedict of Nursia, AD 480 – AD 547
  11. Justinian I, AD 482 – AD 565
  12. Pope Agapetus I, 490s – AD 536
  13. Theodora, c. AD 500 – AD 548
  14. Chlothar I, AD 498 – AD 561
  15. Khosrow I, AD 501 – AD 579
  16. Pope Pelagius I, c. AD 505 – AD 561
  17. Belisarius, c. AD 505 – AD 565
  18. Totila, c. AD 510 – AD 552
  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 Totila died, Justinian I was 69 or 70, Maurice was 12 or 13, Khosrow I was 50 or 51, Gregory of Tours was 13 or 14 and Columba was 30 or 31.

Born during Totila’s lifetime: Pope Gregory I, Pope Pelagius II, Pope Benedict I, Pope Sabinian, Pope Boniface III, Maurice, Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Justin II.

Not quite contemporaries: Pope Gelasius I died about 12 years before Totila was born, Isidore of Seville was born about 5 years after Totila died, Odoacer died about 15 years before Totila was born and Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib was born about 13 years after Totila died.

Where Totila’s contemporaries were born

Totila is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (53 of 63 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list

Compare Totila

The 62 best-known contemporaries

62 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Totila. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 533.

  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. Theodoric the Great AD 454 – AD 526
  7. Pope Hormisdas AD 450 – AD 523
  8. Pope John I c. AD 470 – AD 526
  9. Pope Pelagius II c. AD 520 – AD 590
  10. Pope John II AD 470 – AD 535
  11. Pope Pelagius I c. AD 505 – AD 561
  12. Pope Benedict I c. AD 526 – AD 579
  13. Pope Symmachus c. AD 460 – AD 514
  14. Pope Silverius AD 477 – AD 537
  15. Pope Agapetus I 490s – AD 536
  16. Belisarius c. AD 505 – AD 565
  17. Pope Sabinian c. AD 530 – AD 606
  18. Pope Boniface III c. AD 540 – AD 607
  19. Maurice AD 539 – AD 602
  20. Chlothar I AD 498 – AD 561
  21. Khosrow I AD 501 – AD 579
  22. Justin I AD 450 – AD 527
  23. Theodora c. AD 500 – AD 548
  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. Charibert I c. AD 520 – c. AD 568
  38. Zosimus c. AD 460 – c. AD 520
  39. Dionysius Exiguus c. AD 475 – c. AD 549
  40. Theuderic I c. AD 485 – AD 534
  41. Brendan the Navigator c. AD 486 – AD 577
  42. John Malalas c. AD 491 – c. AD 578
  43. Guntram c. AD 532 – c. AD 593
  44. Athalaric AD 516 – AD 534
  45. Kavad I AD 473 – AD 531
  46. Narses AD 478 – c. AD 572
  47. Theudebert I c. AD 500 – AD 548
  48. Columbanus c. AD 543 – AD 615
  49. Abu Lahab AD 549 – c. AD 625
  50. Anthemius of Tralles c. AD 474 – c. AD 534
  51. Sigebert I AD 535 – AD 575
  52. Emperor Wen of Sui AD 541 – AD 604
  53. Clotilde AD 474 – AD 545
  54. Gelimer c. AD 480 – AD 553
  55. Radegund AD 518 – AD 587
  56. Isidore of Miletus AD 442 – AD 537
  57. Imru' al-Qais c. AD 501 – c. AD 544
  58. Gildas AD 500 – AD 570
  59. Venantius Fortunatus c. AD 534 – AD 609
  60. Brigid of Kildare c. AD 452 – c. AD 525
  61. Saint David AD 512 – AD 589
  62. Alboin c. AD 529 – AD 572