the ledger of connections
The Connections of Porphyry
3rd-century Greek Neoplatonist philosopher Every person recorded alongside Porphyry in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Porphyry in the ledgers of the archive.
- Teachers
- Plotinus, Cassius Longinus, Demetrius
- Students
- Iamblichus
- Influenced
- Iamblichus
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 233 CE to 301 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
Zhuge Liang
181 CE – August 23, 234 CE
Chinese statesman and military strategist (181–234)
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
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
Ancient era
Diophantus
c. 201 CE – 284 CE
3rd century Alexandrian Greek mathematician