Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 172?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 172. 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. Marcus Aurelius51
  2. Nagarjuna20–25
  3. Lucian50–55
  4. Tertullian10–15
  5. Septimius Severus26
  6. Commodus11
  7. Didius Julianus39–40
  8. Macrinus7–9
  9. Pertinax46
  10. Irenaeus40–44
  11. Clement of Alexandria20–25
  12. Cao Cao17–18
  13. Gordian I13–14
  14. Arrian77–85
  15. Pausanias55–64
  16. Hippolytus of Rome0–5
  17. Ulpian2–3
  18. Aulus Gellius40–45
  19. Guan Yu12–13
  20. Clodius Albinus22–23
  21. Gaius41–55
  22. Liu Bei11–12
  23. Herodian0–5
  24. Papinian30
  25. Vologases V42–43
  26. Herodes Atticus70–72
  27. Sextus Julius Africanus10–15

Where the people alive in AD 172 were born

The 27 best known of those alive in AD 172. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (22 of 27 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list