Who Was Alive

Were Ptolemy and Septimius Severus alive at the same time?

Yes. Ptolemy and Septimius Severus were alive at the same time, from AD 146 to c. AD 170.

Ptolemy

2nd-century Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer

Born c. AD 100 · died c. AD 170

Septimius Severus

Roman emperor from 193 to 211

Born AD 146 · died 4 February AD 211, aged 64 or 65

  1. Plutarch
  2. Epictetus
  3. Tacitus
  4. Ptolemy
  5. Lucian of Samosata
  6. Marcus Aurelius
  7. Septimius Severus
  8. Nagarjuna
  9. Plotinus
Ptolemy and Septimius Severus in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.