Who Was Alive

Were Septimius Severus and Plotinus alive at the same time?

Yes. Septimius Severus and Plotinus were alive at the same time for 5 or 6 years, from AD 205 to AD 211.

Septimius Severus was 58 or 59 when Plotinus was born.

Plotinus was 5 or 6 when Septimius Severus died, aged 64 or 65.

Septimius Severus

Roman emperor from 193 to 211

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

Plotinus

Hellenistic Platonist philosopher and founder of Neoplatonism

Born AD 205 · died AD 270, aged 64 or 65

  1. Ptolemy
  2. Lucian of Samosata
  3. Marcus Aurelius
  4. Septimius Severus
  5. Nagarjuna
  6. Tertullian
  7. Plotinus
  8. Diocletian
Septimius Severus and Plotinus 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.