Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 398?

41 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 398. 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. Augustine of Hippo44
  2. Hypatia35–40
  3. Jerome50–55
  4. John Chrysostom43–54
  5. Pope Sixtus III5–10
  6. Pope Siricius63–64
  7. Pope Boniface I25–30
  8. Pope Anastasius I57–58
  9. Saint Patrick10–15
  10. Honorius14
  11. Arcadius21
  12. Cyril of Alexandria21–22
  13. Mesrop Mashtots34–38
  14. Nestorius8–18
  15. Gaiseric8–9
  16. Marcian5–6
  17. Claudian25–30
  18. Theodoric I4–5
  19. Avitus3
  20. Constantius III26–30
  21. Stilicho39
  22. Epiphanius of Salamis80–85
  23. Faxian58–61
  24. Orosius10–15
  25. Kumārajīva53–54
  26. Pelagius41–46
  27. Socrates of Constantinople15–21
  28. Galla Placidia11–12
  29. Tao Yuanming33
  30. Prudentius50
  31. Macrobius25–30
  32. John Cassian38
  33. Synesius27–28
  34. Chlodio2–7
  35. Mary of Egypt51–57
  36. Emperor Nintoku108
  37. Martianus Capella35–41
  38. Simeon Stylites6–11
  39. Evagrius Ponticus50–55
  40. Sigeric16–30
  41. Peter Chrysologus17–18

Where the people alive in AD 398 were born

The 41 best known of those alive in AD 398. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (36 of 41 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list