Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 259?

37 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 259. 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. Plotinus54
  2. Diocletian10–19
  3. Aurelian45
  4. Pope Dionysius56–62
  5. Diophantus56–62
  6. Arius0–9
  7. Anthony the Great8
  8. Constantius Chlorus9
  9. Valerian59–61
  10. Mani41–45
  11. Pope Marcellus I4
  12. Helena, mother of Constantine I7–11
  13. Saint Valentine84–85
  14. Claudius Gothicus45
  15. Gallienus39–43
  16. Porphyry of Tyre23–28
  17. Saint Sebastian2–7
  18. Maximian9–19
  19. Probus27
  20. Galerius1
  21. Tacitus59–60
  22. Quintillus47
  23. Agatha of Sicily24
  24. Zenobia16–22
  25. Carus35–39
  26. Florianus27
  27. Iamblichus11–16
  28. Carinus9
  29. Lactantius16–22
  30. Numerian5
  31. Gregory the Illuminator20
  32. Saloninus17
  33. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria9
  34. Paul of Thebes30–35
  35. Dionysius of Alexandria69
  36. Liu Hui31–36
  37. Arnobius4

Where the people alive in AD 259 were born

The 37 best known of those alive in AD 259. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (34 of 37 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list