Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 281?

31 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 281. 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 Great7–11
  2. Diocletian32–41
  3. Saint George6
  4. Diophantus78–84
  5. Arius22–31
  6. Eusebius13–18
  7. Anthony the Great30
  8. Constantius Chlorus31
  9. Pope Marcellus I26
  10. Helena, mother of Constantine I29–33
  11. Licinius16–21
  12. Porphyry of Tyre45–50
  13. Saint Sebastian24–29
  14. Maximian31–41
  15. Probus49
  16. Galerius23
  17. Saint Barbara8
  18. Maxentius3
  19. Carus57–61
  20. Iamblichus33–38
  21. Carinus31
  22. Lactantius38–44
  23. Maximinus Daza11
  24. Numerian27
  25. Gregory the Illuminator42
  26. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria31
  27. Paul of Thebes52–57
  28. Januarius9
  29. Liu Hui53–58
  30. Arnobius26
  31. Saint Marinus6

Where the people alive in AD 281 were born

The 31 best known of those alive in AD 281. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (29 of 31 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list