Who Was Alive

Hadrian

14th Roman Emperor

Born 24 January AD 76 · died 10 July AD 138, aged 62

Who was alive at the same time as Hadrian?

  1. Vespasian
  2. Linus
  3. Pliny the Elder
  4. Anacletus
  5. Josephus
  6. Martial
  7. Titus
  8. Plutarch
  9. Epictetus
  10. Domitian
  11. Tacitus
  12. Trajan
  13. Pliny the Younger
  14. Hadrian
  15. Antoninus Pius
  16. Ptolemy
  17. Lucian of Samosata
  18. Marcus Aurelius
Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Hadrian was born, Trajan was 22, Vespasian was 66, Titus was 36, Domitian was 24 and Linus was 65 or 66.

When Hadrian died, Marcus Aurelius was 17 and Antoninus Pius was 51.

Born during Hadrian’s lifetime: Marcus Aurelius, Ptolemy, Lucian of Samosata and Antoninus Pius.

Not quite contemporaries: Paul the Apostle died 9 years before Hadrian was born, Saint Peter died 8 years before Hadrian was born, Nero died 8 years before Hadrian was born and Nagarjuna was born 9 years after Hadrian died.

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