Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 117?

24 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 117. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year; a range such as 17–21 means the birth year itself is uncertain.

  1. Plutarch67–78
  2. Tacitus60–65
  3. Ptolemy15–20
  4. Epictetus65–69
  5. Hadrian41
  6. Antoninus Pius31
  7. Pope Sixtus I73–78
  8. Cai Lun55–70
  9. Justin Martyr14–20
  10. Zhang Heng39–40
  11. Appian20–25
  12. Arrian22–30
  13. Pausanias0–9
  14. Polycarp47–49
  15. Rabbi Akiva65–70
  16. Kanishka39–40
  17. Marcion of Sinope22–33
  18. Aśvaghoṣa37
  19. Antinous4–9
  20. Dio Chrysostom75–80
  21. Florus41–49
  22. Marcus Cornelius Fronto17–18
  23. Nicomachus55–60
  24. Herodes Atticus15–17

Where the people alive in AD 117 were born

The 24 best known of those alive in AD 117. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (23 of 24 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list