Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 255?

38 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 255. 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 255: Pope Marcellus I and Arnobius.

  1. Plotinus50
  2. Diocletian6–15
  3. Aurelian41
  4. Pope Sixtus II38–43
  5. Pope Dionysius52–58
  6. Diophantus52–58
  7. Anthony the Great4
  8. Constantius Chlorus5
  9. Valerian55–57
  10. Mani37–41
  11. Pope Marcellus Iborn
  12. Helena, mother of Constantine I3–7
  13. Saint Valentine80–81
  14. Claudius Gothicus41
  15. Gallienus35–39
  16. Porphyry of Tyre19–24
  17. Cyprian52–58
  18. Saint Lawrence30
  19. Maximian5–15
  20. Probus23
  21. Tacitus55–56
  22. Quintillus43
  23. Agatha of Sicily20
  24. Zenobia12–18
  25. Carus31–35
  26. Florianus23
  27. Iamblichus7–12
  28. Carinus5
  29. Lactantius12–18
  30. Numerian1
  31. Gregory the Illuminator16
  32. Saloninus13
  33. Novatian35
  34. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria5
  35. Paul of Thebes26–31
  36. Dionysius of Alexandria65
  37. Liu Hui27–32
  38. Arnobiusborn

Where the people alive in AD 255 were born

The 38 best known of those alive in AD 255. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (34 of 38 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list