Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 138?

24 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 138. 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.

Died in AD 138: Hadrian.

  1. Marcus Aurelius17
  2. Ptolemy36–41
  3. Hadrian62 †
  4. Lucian16–21
  5. Antoninus Pius52
  6. Didius Julianus5–6
  7. Pertinax12
  8. Irenaeus6–10
  9. Lucius Verus8
  10. Justin Martyr35–41
  11. Zhang Heng60–61
  12. Appian41–46
  13. Arrian43–51
  14. Pausanias21–30
  15. Polycarp68–70
  16. Aulus Gellius6–11
  17. Kanishka60–61
  18. Marcion of Sinope43–54
  19. Tatian15–21
  20. Aśvaghoṣa58
  21. Gaius7–21
  22. Marcus Cornelius Fronto38–39
  23. Vologases V8–9
  24. Herodes Atticus36–38

Where the people alive in AD 138 were born

The 24 best known of those alive in AD 138. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (20 of 24 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list