Zenobia

Born c. AD 240 · died AD 274
Also known as Septimia Zenobia, Julia Aurelia Zenobia, Julia Augusta

Who was alive at the same time as Zenobia?

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When Zenobia died, Aurelian was 59 or 60, Anthony the Great was 22 or 23, Constantius Chlorus was 23 or 24, Pope Marcellus I was 18 or 19 and Probus was 41 or 42.

Born during Zenobia’s lifetime: Arius, Eusebius, Anthony the Great, Constantius Chlorus, Pope Marcellus I, Helena, mother of Constantine I, Licinius and Saint Sebastian.

Not quite contemporaries: Saint George was born about a year after Zenobia died, Severus Alexander died about 2 years before Zenobia was born, Saint Lucy was born about 6 years after Zenobia died and Catherine of Alexandria was born about 8 years after Zenobia died.

Where Zenobia’s contemporaries were born

Zenobia is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (55 of 60 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Zenobia: Palmyra
Nagarjuna: South India
Saint Valentine: Terni
Pope Cornelius: Rome
Origen: Alexandria
Pope Dionysius: Roman Empire
Pope Fabian: Rome
Diophantus: Alexandria
Valerian: Roman Empire
Decius: Martinci
Philip the Arab: Shahba
Plotinus: Asyut
Pope Sixtus II: Greece
Mani: Ctesiphon
Claudius Gothicus: Sremska Mitrovica
Aurelian: Sirmium
Gordian III: Rome
Diocletian: Doclea
Helena, mother of Constantine I: Helenopolis
Arius: Cyrenaica
Constantius Chlorus: Dardania
Anthony the Great: Coma
Pope Marcellus I: Rome
Eusebius: Caesarea Maritima
Licinius: Felix Romuliana
Porphyry of Tyre: Tyre
Saint Sebastian: Narbonne
Saint Lawrence: Osca
Maximian: Sirmium
Aemilianus: Djerba
Probus: Sirmium
Galerius: Dacia
Tacitus: Terni
Trebonianus Gallus: Perugia
Quintillus: Sirmium
Agatha of Sicily: Catania
Saint Barbara: Nicomedia
Carus: Narbonne
Florianus: Terni
Iamblichus: Qinnasrin
Hostilian: Sremska Mitrovica
Maximinus Daza: Gamzigrad
Numerian: Nicomedia
Herennius Etruscus: Pannonia
Gregory the Illuminator: Armenia
Saloninus: Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium
Sun Quan: Zhejiang
Novatian: Phrygia
Pope Alexander I of Alexandria: Alexandria
Herodian: Roman Empire
Paul of Thebes: Egypt
Januarius: Benevento
Dionysius of Alexandria: Alexandria
Liu Hui: Zibo
Arnobius: El Kef

Compare Zenobia

The 59 best-known contemporaries

59 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Zenobia. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 259.

Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
Diocletian 240s – AD 316
Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
Pope Sixtus II c. AD 215 – AD 258
Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
Pope Fabian c. 200s – AD 250
Arius 250s – AD 336
Eusebius c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
Decius AD 201 – AD 251
Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
Philip the Arab c. AD 204 – AD 249
Constantius Chlorus AD 250 – AD 306
Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
Pope Marcellus I AD 255 – AD 309
Helena, mother of Constantine I c. AD 250 – AD 330
Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
Gordian III AD 225 – AD 244
Licinius c. AD 263 – AD 325
Gallienus c. AD 218 – AD 268
Porphyry of Tyre c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
Saint Sebastian c. AD 255 – AD 287
Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
Saint Lawrence AD 225 – AD 258
Maximian c. AD 245 – AD 310
Aemilianus AD 207 – AD 253
Probus AD 232 – AD 282
Galerius AD 258 – AD 311
Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
Trebonianus Gallus AD 206 – AD 253
Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
Agatha of Sicily AD 235 – AD 261
Saint Barbara AD 273 – AD 306
Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
Florianus AD 232 – AD 276
Iamblichus c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
Carinus AD 250 – AD 285
Hostilian c. AD 232 – AD 251
Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
Maximinus Daza AD 270 – AD 313
Volusianus AD 230 – AD 253
Numerian AD 254 – AD 284
Herennius Etruscus c. AD 227 – AD 251
Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
Saloninus AD 242 – AD 260
Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
Novatian AD 220 – AD 258
Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
Januarius AD 272 – AD 305
Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
Arnobius AD 255 – AD 327