the ledger of connections
The Connections of Iamblichus
Syrian Neoplatonist philosopher (c. 245 – c. 325) Every person recorded alongside Iamblichus in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Iamblichus in the ledgers of the archive.
- Teachers
- Porphyry, Anatolius of Laodicea
- Students
- Sopater of Apamea, Dexippus (philosopher), Aedesius, Eustathius of Cappadocia, Hierius
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 240 CE to 320 CE.

Ancient era
Galen
c. 200 CE – c. 300 CE
2nd-century Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher

Ancient era
Diocletian
December 22, 244 CE – December 3, 316 CE
Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire (244-311)

Ancient era
Constantine the Great
February 27, 272 CE – May 22, 337 CE
Roman emperor from 306 to 337 and first to convert to Christianity (272–337)

Ancient era
Zenobia
240 CE – 274 CE
3rd-century Queen of the Palmyrene Empire

Ancient era
Frumentius
310 CE – 380 CE
Bishop of Aksum

Ancient era
Ardashir I
180 CE – 242 CE
Founder of the Sassanid Empire (r. 224–242)

Ancient era
Shapur I
c. 300 CE – 270 CE
Second Sassanid emperor (r. 241–272)

Ancient era
Shapur II
309 CE – 379 CE
Sasanian emperor

Ancient era
Kartir
c. 300 CE – c. 300 CE
Zoroastrian high-priest of the late 3rd century

Ancient era
Odaenathus
c. 220 CE – 267 CE
King of Palmyra from 260 to 267

Ancient era
Philip the Arab
204 CE – 249 CE
Roman Emperor (204-249)

Ancient era
Pappus of Alexandria
290 CE – 350 CE
4th century Greek mathematician