Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 208?

42 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 208. 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.

Born in AD 208: Severus Alexander and Diadumenian.

Died in AD 208: Vologases V.

Events in AD 208

  1. Nagarjuna56–61
  2. Plotinus3
  3. Tertullian46–51
  4. Septimius Severus62
  5. Caracalla20
  6. Elagabalus5
  7. Origen23–25
  8. Pope Dionysius5–11
  9. Diophantus5–11
  10. Severus Alexanderborn
  11. Pope Cornelius26–31
  12. Macrinus43–45
  13. Decius7
  14. Clement of Alexandria56–61
  15. Philip the Arab1–7
  16. Valerian8–10
  17. Maximinus Thrax35–36
  18. Saint Valentine33–34
  19. Cao Cao53–54
  20. Gordian I49–50
  21. Ardashir I28
  22. Geta19
  23. Cyprian5–11
  24. Aemilianus1
  25. Balbinus30–31
  26. Tacitus8–9
  27. Trebonianus Gallus2
  28. Gordian II9–19
  29. Hippolytus of Rome36–41
  30. Cecilia of Rome5–11
  31. Diadumenianborn
  32. Zhuge Liang27
  33. Ulpian38–39
  34. Guan Yu48–49
  35. Cao Pi21
  36. Liu Bei47–48
  37. Sun Quan26
  38. Herodian36–41
  39. Papinian66
  40. Vologases V†
  41. Dionysius of Alexandria18
  42. Sextus Julius Africanus46–51

Where the people alive in AD 208 were born

The 42 best known of those alive in AD 208. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (34 of 42 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list