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Volusianus
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Volusianus

Roman emperor

Born AD 230 · died August AD 253, aged 22 or 23
Also known as Volusian, Gaius Vibius Volusianus

Who was alive at the same time as Volusianus?

  1. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  2. Tertullian, c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  3. Gordian I, AD 159 – AD 238
  4. Maximinus Thrax, AD 173 – AD 238
  5. Saint Valentine, AD 175 – AD 273
  6. Pope Cornelius, c. AD 180 – AD 253
  7. Origen, c. AD 184 – AD 254
  8. Pope Dionysius, c. AD 200 – AD 268
  9. Pope Fabian, c. 200s – AD 250
  10. Diophantus, c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  11. Valerian, c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  12. Decius, AD 201 – AD 251
  13. Philip the Arab, c. AD 204 – AD 249
  14. Plotinus, AD 205 – AD 270
  15. Severus Alexander, AD 208 – AD 235
  16. Pope Sixtus II, c. AD 215 – AD 258
  17. Mani, c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  18. Claudius Gothicus, AD 214 – AD 270
  19. Aurelian, AD 214 – AD 275
  20. Volusianus, AD 230 – AD 253
  21. Diocletian, 240s – AD 316
  22. Helena, mother of Constantine I, c. AD 250 – AD 330
  23. Constantius Chlorus, AD 250 – AD 306
  24. Anthony the Great, AD 251 – c. AD 357

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When Volusianus was born, Plotinus was 24 or 25, Aurelian was 15 or 16, Severus Alexander was 21 or 22, Decius was 28 or 29 and Claudius Gothicus was 15 or 16.

When Volusianus died, Plotinus was 47 or 48, Aurelian was 38, Anthony the Great was 1 or 2, Constantius Chlorus was 2 or 3 and Saint Valentine was 77 or 78.

Born during Volusianus’s lifetime: Diocletian, Anthony the Great, Constantius Chlorus, Helena, mother of Constantine I, Porphyry of Tyre, Maximian, Probus and Agatha of Sicily.

Not quite contemporaries: Caracalla died about 13 years before Volusianus was born, Elagabalus died about 8 years before Volusianus was born, Eusebius was born about 10 years after Volusianus died and Macrinus died about 12 years before Volusianus was born.

Where Volusianus’s contemporaries were born

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The 58 best-known contemporaries

58 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Volusianus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 242.

  1. Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  2. Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
  3. Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  4. Diocletian 240s – AD 316
  5. Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
  6. Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
  7. Pope Sixtus II c. AD 215 – AD 258
  8. Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
  9. Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  10. Severus Alexander AD 208 – AD 235
  11. Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
  12. Pope Fabian c. 200s – AD 250
  13. Decius AD 201 – AD 251
  14. Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
  15. Philip the Arab c. AD 204 – AD 249
  16. Constantius Chlorus AD 250 – AD 306
  17. Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  18. Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  19. Maximinus Thrax AD 173 – AD 238
  20. Helena, mother of Constantine I c. AD 250 – AD 330
  21. Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
  22. Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
  23. Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
  24. Gordian III AD 225 – AD 244
  25. Gallienus c. AD 218 – AD 268
  26. Porphyry of Tyre c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  27. Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
  28. Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
  29. Saint Lawrence AD 225 – AD 258
  30. Maximian c. AD 245 – AD 310
  31. Aemilianus AD 207 – AD 253
  32. Probus AD 232 – AD 282
  33. Balbinus AD 178 – AD 238
  34. Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
  35. Trebonianus Gallus AD 206 – AD 253
  36. Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
  37. Agatha of Sicily AD 235 – AD 261
  38. Gordian II 190s – AD 238
  39. Zenobia c. AD 240 – AD 274
  40. Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
  41. Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
  42. Zhuge Liang AD 181 – AD 234
  43. Florianus AD 232 – AD 276
  44. Iamblichus c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
  45. Carinus AD 250 – AD 285
  46. Hostilian c. AD 232 – AD 251
  47. Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
  48. Herennius Etruscus c. AD 227 – AD 251
  49. Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
  50. Saloninus AD 242 – AD 260
  51. Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
  52. Novatian AD 220 – AD 258
  53. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
  54. Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
  55. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  56. Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
  57. Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
  58. Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240