Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 212?

40 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 212. 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 212: Quintillus.

  1. Nagarjuna60–65
  2. Plotinus7
  3. Tertullian50–55
  4. Caracalla24
  5. Elagabalus9
  6. Origen27–29
  7. Pope Dionysius9–15
  8. Diophantus9–15
  9. Severus Alexander4
  10. Pope Cornelius30–35
  11. Pope Fabian0–15
  12. Macrinus47–49
  13. Decius11
  14. Clement of Alexandria60–65
  15. Philip the Arab5–11
  16. Valerian12–14
  17. Maximinus Thrax39–40
  18. Saint Valentine37–38
  19. Cao Cao57–58
  20. Gordian I53–54
  21. Ardashir I32
  22. Cyprian9–15
  23. Aemilianus5
  24. Balbinus34–35
  25. Tacitus12–13
  26. Trebonianus Gallus6
  27. Quintillusborn
  28. Gordian II13–23
  29. Hippolytus of Rome40–45
  30. Cecilia of Rome9–15
  31. Diadumenian4
  32. Zhuge Liang31
  33. Ulpian42–43
  34. Guan Yu52–53
  35. Cao Pi25
  36. Liu Bei51–52
  37. Sun Quan30
  38. Herodian40–45
  39. Dionysius of Alexandria22
  40. Sextus Julius Africanus50–55

Where the people alive in AD 212 were born

The 40 best known of those alive in AD 212. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (33 of 40 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list