Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 279?

31 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 279. 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. Constantine the Great5–9
  2. Diocletian30–39
  3. Saint George4
  4. Diophantus76–82
  5. Arius20–29
  6. Eusebius11–16
  7. Anthony the Great28
  8. Constantius Chlorus29
  9. Pope Marcellus I24
  10. Helena, mother of Constantine I27–31
  11. Licinius14–19
  12. Porphyry of Tyre43–48
  13. Saint Sebastian22–27
  14. Maximian29–39
  15. Probus47
  16. Galerius21
  17. Saint Barbara6
  18. Maxentius1
  19. Carus55–59
  20. Iamblichus31–36
  21. Carinus29
  22. Lactantius36–42
  23. Maximinus Daza9
  24. Numerian25
  25. Gregory the Illuminator40
  26. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria29
  27. Paul of Thebes50–55
  28. Januarius7
  29. Liu Hui51–56
  30. Arnobius24
  31. Saint Marinus4

Where the people alive in AD 279 were born

The 31 best known of those alive in AD 279. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (29 of 31 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list