Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 228?

41 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 228. 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 228: Ulpian.

  1. Nagarjuna76–81
  2. Plotinus23
  3. Tertullian66–71
  4. Aurelian14
  5. Origen43–45
  6. Pope Sixtus II11–16
  7. Pope Dionysius25–31
  8. Diophantus25–31
  9. Severus Alexander20
  10. Pope Cornelius46–51
  11. Pope Fabian16–31
  12. Decius27
  13. Philip the Arab21–27
  14. Valerian28–30
  15. Mani10–14
  16. Maximinus Thrax55–56
  17. Saint Valentine53–54
  18. Claudius Gothicus14
  19. Gordian I69–70
  20. Gordian III3
  21. Gallienus8–12
  22. Ardashir I48
  23. Cyprian25–31
  24. Saint Lawrence3
  25. Aemilianus21
  26. Balbinus50–51
  27. Tacitus28–29
  28. Trebonianus Gallus22
  29. Quintillus16
  30. Gordian II29–39
  31. Hippolytus of Rome56–61
  32. Cecilia of Rome25–31
  33. Carus4–8
  34. Zhuge Liang47
  35. Ulpian†
  36. Sun Quan46
  37. Novatian8
  38. Herodian56–61
  39. Dionysius of Alexandria38
  40. Liu Hui0–5
  41. Sextus Julius Africanus66–71

Where the people alive in AD 228 were born

The 41 best known of those alive in AD 228. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (36 of 41 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list