← 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 - 26Rufinusnot measured-
- 27
Valerius Severus0 decades - 28
Valerius Romulus0 decades - 29Prabhavatigupta0 decades
- 30
Xie An2 decades - 31Emperor Cheng of Jinnot measured-
- 32Emperor Jianwen of Jinnot measured-
- 33
Gildonot measured- - 34Khosrov III the Smallnot measured-
- 35Flavius Afranius Syagrius0 decades
- 36
Decentius11 decades - 37
Ousanas0 decades - 38Basilina0 decades
- 39Vettius Agorius Praetextatus0 decades
- 40
Salutius0 decades - 41
Nicomachus Flavianus0 decades - 42
St. Nerses I0 decades - 43
Anicius Petronius Probus0 decades - 44
Wang Dao0 decades - 45
Wazeba of Axumnot measured- - 46
Flavius Jovinus0 decades - 47
Valentinianus Galates0 decades - 48
Sextus Claudius Petronius Probus0 decades - 49Duan Yenot measured-
- 50Calocaerusnot measured-
- 51
Murong De0 decades - 52
Junius Bassus Theotecniusnot measured- - 53Ablabius0 decades
- 54Eutolmius Tatianus0 decades
- 55
Saint Pammachiusnot measured- - 56Claudius Mamertinus0 decades
- 57Bassianusnot measured-
- 58Areobindusnot measured-
- 59
Eon of Axumnot measured- - 60
Ruricius Pompeianus0 decades - 61Arbitio0 decades
- 62Sima Daozi0 decades
- 63Sossianus Hierocles0 decades
- 64Lucius Aurelius Avianius Symmachus0 decades
- 65Timasius6 decades
- 66Aurelianusnot measured-
- 67
Dacianus0 decades - 68Li Shi3 decades
- 69Promotus5 decades
- 70Quintus Clodius Hermogenianus Olybrius0 decades
- 71
Sima Yingnot measured- - 72Pomponius Bassus0 decades
- 73Nevitta4 decades
- 74Murong Kenot measured-
- 75Lupicinusnot measured-
- 76Paulus Catena0 decades
- 77Quintus Fabius Memmius Symmachus0 decades
- 78
Domitius Modestus0 decades - 79Flavius Arintheusnot measured-
- 80
Zarmandukhtnot measured- - 81Flavius Claudius Antoniusnot measured-
- 82
Neratius Cerealis0 decades - 83Vulcacius Rufinus0 decades
- 84Florentiusnot measured-
- 85Yin Hao0 decades
- 86
Plinta0 decades - 87Vindonius Anatolius0 decades
- 88Avitus Marinianusnot measured-
- 89Valerius Maximus Basilius0 decades
- 90Empress Yu Wenjunnot measured-
- 91Flavius Eucherius0 decades
- 92Taurusnot measured-
- 93Anicius Acilius Glabrio Faustus0 decades
- 94Flavius Philippus0 decades
- 95Chi Jian0 decades
- 96Eutychianusnot measured-
- 97Claudius Postumus Dardanus0 decades
- 98
Iunius Quartus Palladiusnot measured- - 99Wen Jiao0 decades
- 100Anthemius Isidorus0 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.