← Fame through time300-399
The 4th century
Whose working lives fell in the 4th century. Books are measured from 1800 and readers from 2015, so for this period we can say who lived then, not who was talked about then.
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 4th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Theodosius I10 decades - 2
Constantius II18 decades - 3
Valentinian I11 decades - 4
Valensnot measured- - 5
Maxentius22 decades - 6
Gratian22 decades - 7
Magnus Maximus4 decades - 8
Stilicho22 decades - 9
Juliannot measured- - 10
Valentinian II21 decades - 11
Constansnot measured- - 12
Magnentius22 decades - 13
Eugeniusnot measured- - 14
Crispusnot measured- - 15
Constantius Gallus0 decades - 16
Maximinus II0 decades - 17
Jovian22 decades - 18Arbogastnot measured-
- 19
Dalmatiusnot measured- - 20Julius Constantius6 decades
- 21
Constantine IInot measured- - 22
Emperor Wu of Liu Songnot measured- - 23Richomeres0 decades
- 24
Hannibalianusnot measured- - 25
Licinius II0 decades
How to read these rankings
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record. It is not a judgement on the life.
- Fame in print. The curves show how often a name appeared in the books of each decade from 1800 to 2019, drawn from the Google Books Ngram corpus.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, we would rather show nothing than guess.