Ulpian

Roman legal counselor

Born AD 170 · died AD 228
Also known as Domitius Ulpianus

Who was alive at the same time as Ulpian?

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When Ulpian was born, Marcus Aurelius was 48 or 49, Septimius Severus was 23 or 24, Commodus was 8 or 9, Didius Julianus was 36 or 37 and Pertinax was 43 or 44.

When Ulpian died, Plotinus was 22 or 23, Aurelian was 13 or 14, Severus Alexander was 19 or 20, Decius was 26 or 27 and Claudius Gothicus was 13 or 14.

Born during Ulpian’s lifetime: Plotinus, Caracalla, Aurelian, Elagabalus, Origen, Pope Sixtus II, Pope Dionysius and Diophantus.

Not quite contemporaries: Diocletian was born about 12 years after Ulpian died, Antoninus Pius died about 8 years before Ulpian was born, Lucius Verus died months before Ulpian was born and Justin Martyr died about 2 years before Ulpian was born.

What happened in Ulpian’s lifetime

Battle of Red Cliffs AD 208

Where Ulpian’s contemporaries were born

Ulpian is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (56 of 67 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Ulpian: Tyre
Lucian: Samosata
Marcus Aurelius: Rome
Pertinax: Alba
Irenaeus: İzmir
Didius Julianus: Mediolanum
Septimius Severus: Leptis Magna
Nagarjuna: South India
Clement of Alexandria: Athens
Commodus: Lanuvium
Macrinus: Cherchell
Pope Cornelius: Rome
Origen: Alexandria
Caracalla: Lugdunum
Pope Dionysius: Roman Empire
Pope Fabian: Rome
Diophantus: Alexandria
Decius: Martinci
Elagabalus: Rome
Plotinus: Asyut
Severus Alexander: Tell Arqa
Pope Sixtus II: Greece
Aurelian: Sirmium
Philip the Arab: Shahba
Valerian: Roman Empire
Mani: Ctesiphon
Maximinus Thrax: Thrace
Saint Valentine: Terni
Claudius Gothicus: Sremska Mitrovica
Gordian I: Phrygia
Gordian III: Rome
Ardashir I: Istakhr
Geta: Rome
Saint Lawrence: Osca
Arrian: Nicomedia
Pausanias: Asia
Aemilianus: Djerba
Tacitus: Terni
Trebonianus Gallus: Perugia
Quintillus: Sirmium
Hippolytus of Rome: Anatolia
Cecilia of Rome: Rome
Carus: Narbonne
Zhuge Liang: Yinan County
Aulus Gellius: Rome
Guan Yu: Yanhu District
Clodius Albinus: Hadrumetum
Cao Pi: Bozhou
Sun Quan: Zhejiang
Novatian: Phrygia
Herodian: Roman Empire
Papinian: Homs
Dionysius of Alexandria: Alexandria
Liu Hui: Zibo
Herodes Atticus: Marathon
Sextus Julius Africanus: Aelia Capitolina

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The 66 best-known contemporaries

66 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Ulpian. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 199.

Marcus Aurelius AD 121 – AD 180
Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
Lucian c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
Caracalla AD 188 – AD 217
Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
Commodus AD 161 – AD 192
Elagabalus AD 203 – AD 222
Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
Pope Sixtus II c. AD 215 – AD 258
Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
Severus Alexander AD 208 – AD 235
Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
Pope Fabian c. 200s – AD 250
Didius Julianus AD 133 – AD 193
Macrinus c. AD 164 – AD 218
Decius AD 201 – AD 251
Pertinax AD 126 – AD 193
Irenaeus c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
Philip the Arab c. AD 204 – AD 249
Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
Maximinus Thrax AD 173 – AD 238
Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
Gordian III AD 225 – AD 244
Gallienus c. AD 218 – AD 268
Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
Geta AD 189 – AD 211
Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
Saint Lawrence AD 225 – AD 258
Arrian c. AD 91 – c. AD 176
Pausanias c. AD 113 – c. AD 180
Aemilianus AD 207 – AD 253
Balbinus AD 178 – AD 238
Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
Trebonianus Gallus AD 206 – AD 253
Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
Gordian II 190s – AD 238
Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
Cecilia of Rome c. AD 200 – c. AD 230
Diadumenian AD 208 – AD 218
Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
Zhuge Liang AD 181 – AD 234
Aulus Gellius c. AD 130 – c. AD 180
Tatian c. AD 120 – c. AD 173
Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
Clodius Albinus AD 150 – AD 197
Cao Pi AD 187 – AD 226
Gaius c. 120s – c. AD 180
Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
Novatian AD 220 – AD 258
Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
Papinian AD 142 – c. AD 212
Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
Herodes Atticus c. AD 101 – AD 177
Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240