Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 257?

39 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 257. 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. Plotinus52
  2. Diocletian8–17
  3. Aurelian43
  4. Pope Sixtus II40–45
  5. Pope Dionysius54–60
  6. Diophantus54–60
  7. Anthony the Great6
  8. Constantius Chlorus7
  9. Valerian57–59
  10. Mani39–43
  11. Pope Marcellus I2
  12. Helena, mother of Constantine I5–9
  13. Saint Valentine82–83
  14. Claudius Gothicus43
  15. Gallienus37–41
  16. Porphyry of Tyre21–26
  17. Saint Sebastian0–5
  18. Cyprian54–60
  19. Saint Lawrence32
  20. Maximian7–17
  21. Probus25
  22. Tacitus57–58
  23. Quintillus45
  24. Agatha of Sicily22
  25. Zenobia14–20
  26. Carus33–37
  27. Florianus25
  28. Iamblichus9–14
  29. Carinus7
  30. Lactantius14–20
  31. Numerian3
  32. Gregory the Illuminator18
  33. Saloninus15
  34. Novatian37
  35. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria7
  36. Paul of Thebes28–33
  37. Dionysius of Alexandria67
  38. Liu Hui29–34
  39. Arnobius2

Where the people alive in AD 257 were born

The 39 best known of those alive in AD 257. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (35 of 39 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list