Zhuge Liang

Chinese strategist

Born AD 181 · died 23 August AD 234, aged 52 or 53
Also known as Zhuge Kongming

Who was alive at the same time as Zhuge Liang?

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When Zhuge Liang was born, Septimius Severus was 34 or 35, Commodus was 19 or 20, Pertinax was 54 or 55, Ardashir I was about a year old and Papinian was 38 or 39.

When Zhuge Liang died, Plotinus was 28 or 29, Aurelian was 19, Severus Alexander was 25, Decius was 32 or 33 and Maximinus Thrax was 60 or 61.

Born during Zhuge Liang’s lifetime: Plotinus, Caracalla, Aurelian, Elagabalus, Origen, Pope Sixtus II, Pope Dionysius and Diophantus.

Not quite contemporaries: Marcus Aurelius died about a year before Zhuge Liang was born, Ptolemy died about 9 years before Zhuge Liang was born, Diocletian was born about 6 years after Zhuge Liang died and Lucius Verus died about 12 years before Zhuge Liang was born.

What happened in Zhuge Liang’s lifetime

Battle of Red Cliffs AD 208Zhuge Liang was 26 or 27

Where Zhuge Liang’s contemporaries were born

Zhuge Liang is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (54 of 64 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Zhuge Liang: Yinan County
Pertinax: Alba
Irenaeus: İzmir
Didius Julianus: Mediolanum
Septimius Severus: Leptis Magna
Nagarjuna: South India
Clement of Alexandria: Athens
Commodus: Lanuvium
Macrinus: Cherchell
Pope Cornelius: Rome
Origen: Alexandria
Caracalla: Lugdunum
Pope Dionysius: Roman Empire
Pope Fabian: Rome
Diophantus: Alexandria
Valerian: Roman Empire
Decius: Martinci
Philip the Arab: Shahba
Elagabalus: Rome
Plotinus: Asyut
Severus Alexander: Tell Arqa
Pope Sixtus II: Greece
Aurelian: Sirmium
Mani: Ctesiphon
Maximinus Thrax: Thrace
Saint Valentine: Terni
Claudius Gothicus: Sremska Mitrovica
Gordian I: Phrygia
Gordian III: Rome
Ardashir I: Istakhr
Geta: Rome
Saint Lawrence: Osca
Aemilianus: Djerba
Probus: Sirmium
Tacitus: Terni
Trebonianus Gallus: Perugia
Quintillus: Sirmium
Hippolytus of Rome: Anatolia
Cecilia of Rome: Rome
Carus: Narbonne
Florianus: Terni
Ulpian: Tyre
Guan Yu: Yanhu District
Herennius Etruscus: Pannonia
Clodius Albinus: Hadrumetum
Cao Pi: Bozhou
Sun Quan: Zhejiang
Novatian: Phrygia
Herodian: Roman Empire
Paul of Thebes: Egypt
Papinian: Homs
Dionysius of Alexandria: Alexandria
Liu Hui: Zibo
Sextus Julius Africanus: Aelia Capitolina

Compare Zhuge Liang

The 63 best-known contemporaries

63 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Zhuge Liang. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 208.

Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
Caracalla AD 188 – AD 217
Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
Commodus AD 161 – AD 192
Elagabalus AD 203 – AD 222
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
Severus Alexander AD 208 – AD 235
Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
Pope Fabian c. 200s – AD 250
Didius Julianus AD 133 – AD 193
Macrinus c. AD 164 – AD 218
Decius AD 201 – AD 251
Pertinax AD 126 – AD 193
Irenaeus c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
Philip the Arab c. AD 204 – AD 249
Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
Maximinus Thrax AD 173 – AD 238
Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
Gordian III AD 225 – AD 244
Gallienus c. AD 218 – AD 268
Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
Geta AD 189 – AD 211
Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
Saint Lawrence AD 225 – AD 258
Aemilianus AD 207 – AD 253
Probus AD 232 – AD 282
Balbinus AD 178 – AD 238
Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
Trebonianus Gallus AD 206 – AD 253
Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
Gordian II 190s – AD 238
Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
Cecilia of Rome c. AD 200 – c. AD 230
Diadumenian AD 208 – AD 218
Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
Florianus AD 232 – AD 276
Volusianus AD 230 – AD 253
Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
Herennius Etruscus c. AD 227 – AD 251
Clodius Albinus AD 150 – AD 197
Cao Pi AD 187 – AD 226
Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
Novatian AD 220 – AD 258
Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
Papinian AD 142 – c. AD 212
Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240