Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 185?

28 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 185. 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. Nagarjuna33–38
  2. Tertullian23–28
  3. Septimius Severus39
  4. Commodus24
  5. Origen0–2
  6. Pope Cornelius3–8
  7. Didius Julianus52–53
  8. Macrinus20–22
  9. Pertinax59
  10. Irenaeus53–57
  11. Clement of Alexandria33–38
  12. Maximinus Thrax12–13
  13. Saint Valentine10–11
  14. Cao Cao30–31
  15. Gordian I26–27
  16. Ardashir I5
  17. Balbinus7–8
  18. Hippolytus of Rome13–18
  19. Zhuge Liang4
  20. Ulpian15–16
  21. Guan Yu25–26
  22. Clodius Albinus35–36
  23. Liu Bei24–25
  24. Sun Quan3
  25. Herodian13–18
  26. Papinian43
  27. Vologases V55–56
  28. Sextus Julius Africanus23–28

Where the people alive in AD 185 were born

The 28 best known of those alive in AD 185. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (23 of 28 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list