Plotinus lived in Rome from 244....

Plotinus---Plotinus was born AD 205,, Lyco, or Lycopolis, Egypt? d. 270, Campania ancient philosopher, the centre of an influential circle of intellectuals and men of letters in 3rd-century Rome, who is regarded by modern scholars as the founder of the Neoplatonic school of philosophy. ----

Porphyry: On the Life of Plotinus and the Arrangement of his Work....Plotinus, the philosopher our contemporary, seemed ashamed of being in the body.

Selections from "The Philospohy of Plotinus the Egyptian pdf----