Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 256?

38 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 256. 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. Plotinus51
  2. Diocletian7–16
  3. Aurelian42
  4. Pope Sixtus II39–44
  5. Pope Dionysius53–59
  6. Diophantus53–59
  7. Anthony the Great5
  8. Constantius Chlorus6
  9. Valerian56–58
  10. Mani38–42
  11. Pope Marcellus I1
  12. Helena, mother of Constantine I4–8
  13. Saint Valentine81–82
  14. Claudius Gothicus42
  15. Gallienus36–40
  16. Porphyry of Tyre20–25
  17. Cyprian53–59
  18. Saint Lawrence31
  19. Maximian6–16
  20. Probus24
  21. Tacitus56–57
  22. Quintillus44
  23. Agatha of Sicily21
  24. Zenobia13–19
  25. Carus32–36
  26. Florianus24
  27. Iamblichus8–13
  28. Carinus6
  29. Lactantius13–19
  30. Numerian2
  31. Gregory the Illuminator17
  32. Saloninus14
  33. Novatian36
  34. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria6
  35. Paul of Thebes27–32
  36. Dionysius of Alexandria66
  37. Liu Hui28–33
  38. Arnobius1

Where the people alive in AD 256 were born

The 38 best known of those alive in AD 256. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (34 of 38 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list