Who was alive in AD 296?
36 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 296. 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.
Born in AD 296: Athanasius of Alexandria and Saint Nino.
Constantine the Great22–26
Diocletian47–56
Saint George21
Athanasius of Alexandriaborn
Arius37–46- Eusebius28–33
Anthony the Great45
Constantius Chlorus46
Pope Marcellus I41Helena, mother of Constantine I44–48
Saint Lucy11–16
Catherine of Alexandria9–14
Licinius31–36
Porphyry of Tyre60–65
Maximian46–56
Galerius38
Saint Barbara23
Maxentius18
Agnes of Rome3–8
Iamblichus48–53
Lactantius53–59
Maximinus Daza26- Pappus of Alexandria4–8
Margaret the Virgin1–7
Gregory the Illuminator57- Pope Alexander I of Alexandria46
Pachomius the Great4
Paul of Thebes67–72
Saint Pantaleon13–19
Emperor Nintoku6
Januarius24
Saint Ninoborn
Arnobius41
Saint Marinus21- Ermanaric3–8
Saint Vitus6
Where the people alive in AD 296 were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Constantine the Great: Niš
- Diocletian: Doclea
- Saint George: Kayseri
- Athanasius of Alexandria: Alexandria
- Arius: Cyrenaica
- Eusebius: Caesarea Maritima
- Anthony the Great: Coma
- Constantius Chlorus: Dardania
- Pope Marcellus I: Rome
- Helena, mother of Constantine I: Helenopolis
- Saint Lucy: Syracuse
- Catherine of Alexandria: Alexandria
- Licinius: Felix Romuliana
- Porphyry of Tyre: Tyre
- Maximian: Sirmium
- Galerius: Dacia
- Saint Barbara: Nicomedia
- Maxentius: Rome
- Agnes of Rome: Rome
- Iamblichus: Qinnasrin
- Maximinus Daza: Gamzigrad
- Pappus of Alexandria: Alexandria
- Margaret the Virgin: Antioch of Pisidia
- Gregory the Illuminator: Armenia
- Pope Alexander I of Alexandria: Alexandria
- Pachomius the Great: Esna
- Paul of Thebes: Egypt
- Saint Pantaleon: Nicomedia
- Januarius: Benevento
- Saint Nino: Cappadocia
- Arnobius: El Kef
- Saint Marinus: Dalmatia
- Saint Vitus: Mazara del Vallo