Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 280?

31 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 280. 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 Great6–10
  2. Diocletian31–40
  3. Saint George5
  4. Diophantus77–83
  5. Arius21–30
  6. Eusebius12–17
  7. Anthony the Great29
  8. Constantius Chlorus30
  9. Pope Marcellus I25
  10. Helena, mother of Constantine I28–32
  11. Licinius15–20
  12. Porphyry of Tyre44–49
  13. Saint Sebastian23–28
  14. Maximian30–40
  15. Probus48
  16. Galerius22
  17. Saint Barbara7
  18. Maxentius2
  19. Carus56–60
  20. Iamblichus32–37
  21. Carinus30
  22. Lactantius37–43
  23. Maximinus Daza10
  24. Numerian26
  25. Gregory the Illuminator41
  26. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria30
  27. Paul of Thebes51–56
  28. Januarius8
  29. Liu Hui52–57
  30. Arnobius25
  31. Saint Marinus5

Where the people alive in AD 280 were born

The 31 best known of those alive in AD 280. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (29 of 31 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list