Who Was Alive

Were Zhang Heng and Marcus Aurelius alive at the same time?

Yes. Zhang Heng and Marcus Aurelius were alive at the same time for 17 or 18 years, from AD 121 to AD 139.

Zhang Heng was 42 or 43 when Marcus Aurelius was born.

Marcus Aurelius was 17 or 18 when Zhang Heng died.

Zhang Heng

Chinese cartographer

Born AD 78 · died AD 139

Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius

Roman emperor

Born 26 April AD 121 · died 17 March AD 180, aged 58

  1. Pliny the Elder, 20s – AD 79
  2. Plutarch, c. AD 45 – c. AD 120
  3. Epictetus, c. AD 50 – c. AD 131
  4. Tacitus, c. AD 55 – c. AD 120
  5. Hadrian, AD 76 – AD 138
  6. Zhang Heng, AD 78 – AD 139
  7. Ptolemy, c. AD 100 – c. AD 170
  8. Lucian, c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
  9. Marcus Aurelius, AD 121 – AD 180
  10. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250

Zhang Heng and Marcus Aurelius in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Zhang Heng and Marcus Aurelius were born

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