Basilides

117–140

2nd century Christian Gnostic religious teacher based in Alexandria

teacher · theologian · gnostic

Born in Alexandria

Contemporaries

People who walked the earth at the same time as Basilides:

• Marcus Aurelius (121–180)
• Ptolemy (100–170)
• Galen (129–)
• Epictetus (50–138)
• Hadrian (76–138)
• Lucian of Samosata (120–180)
• Apuleius (125–170)
• Juvenal (55–)

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