Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 261?

35 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 261. 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 261: Agatha of Sicily.

  1. Plotinus56
  2. Diocletian12–21
  3. Aurelian47
  4. Pope Dionysius58–64
  5. Diophantus58–64
  6. Arius2–11
  7. Anthony the Great10
  8. Constantius Chlorus11
  9. Mani43–47
  10. Pope Marcellus I6
  11. Helena, mother of Constantine I9–13
  12. Saint Valentine86–87
  13. Claudius Gothicus47
  14. Gallienus41–45
  15. Porphyry of Tyre25–30
  16. Saint Sebastian4–9
  17. Maximian11–21
  18. Probus29
  19. Galerius3
  20. Tacitus61–62
  21. Quintillus49
  22. Agatha of Sicily25 †
  23. Zenobia18–24
  24. Carus37–41
  25. Florianus29
  26. Iamblichus13–18
  27. Carinus11
  28. Lactantius18–24
  29. Numerian7
  30. Gregory the Illuminator22
  31. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria11
  32. Paul of Thebes32–37
  33. Dionysius of Alexandria71
  34. Liu Hui33–38
  35. Arnobius6

Where the people alive in AD 261 were born

The 35 best known of those alive in AD 261. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (32 of 35 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list