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Aeschines
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Aeschines

Athenian orator

Born c. 390 BC · died c. 322 BC
Also known as Æschines

Who was alive at the same time as Aeschines?

  1. Gorgias, c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  2. Hippocrates, c. 460 – c. 370 BC
  3. Aristophanes, c. 445 – 385 BC
  4. Antisthenes, 445–365 BC
  5. Aristippus, c. 435 – c. 360 BC
  6. Isocrates, 436–338 BC
  7. Archytas, c. 430 – c. 345 BC
  8. Eudoxus of Cnidus, c. 408 – c. 355 BC
  9. Diogenes, c. 400 – c. 323 BC
  10. Aeschines, c. 390 – c. 322 BC
  11. Aristotle, 384–322 BC
  12. Demosthenes, 384–322 BC
  13. Darius III, 380–330 BC
  14. Chanakya, 375–283 BC
  15. Mencius, c. 372 – c. 289 BC
  16. Theophrastus, c. 371 – 287 BC
  17. Zhuang Zhou, c. 369 – c. 288 BC
  18. Seleucus I Nicator, 358–281 BC
  19. Alexander the Great, 356–323 BC
  20. Qu Yuan, 343–278 BC
  21. Epicurus, 342–270 BC
  22. Chandragupta Maurya, 340–297 BC
  23. Zeno of Citium, c. 334 – 263 BC
  24. Pharnavaz I, 326–234 BC

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Born during Aeschines’s lifetime: Aristotle, Alexander the Great, Epicurus, Chanakya, Demosthenes, Mencius, Theophrastus and Zhuang Zhou.

Not quite contemporaries: Socrates died about 6 years before Aeschines was born, Sophocles died about 11 years before Aeschines was born, Pyrrhus of Epirus was born about 2 years after Aeschines died and Aristarchus of Samos was born about 7 years after Aeschines died.

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Where Aeschines’s contemporaries were born

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The 56 best-known contemporaries

56 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Aeschines. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 356 BC.

  1. Aristotle 384–322 BC
  2. Alexander the Great 356–323 BC
  3. Hippocrates c. 460 – c. 370 BC
  4. Epicurus 342–270 BC
  5. Aristophanes c. 445 – 385 BC
  6. Chanakya 375–283 BC
  7. Diogenes c. 400 – c. 323 BC
  8. Demosthenes 384–322 BC
  9. Mencius c. 372 – c. 289 BC
  10. Theophrastus c. 371 – 287 BC
  11. Zhuang Zhou c. 369 – c. 288 BC
  12. Zeno of Citium c. 334 – 263 BC
  13. Gorgias c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  14. Antisthenes 445–365 BC
  15. Chandragupta Maurya 340–297 BC
  16. Darius III 380–330 BC
  17. Isocrates 436–338 BC
  18. Seleucus I Nicator 358–281 BC
  19. Aristippus c. 435 – c. 360 BC
  20. Eudoxus of Cnidus c. 408 – c. 355 BC
  21. Pharnavaz I 326–234 BC
  22. Qu Yuan 343–278 BC
  23. Archytas c. 430 – c. 345 BC
  24. Pytheas c. 359 – c. 289 BC
  25. Artaxerxes III 425–338 BC
  26. Artaxerxes II c. 453 – 358 BC
  27. Roxana c. 346 – 310 BC
  28. Epaminondas c. 418 – 362 BC
  29. Praxiteles c. 395 – c. 330 BC
  30. Apelles 370–306 BC
  31. Agesilaus II 444–360 BC
  32. Xenocrates 396–314 BC
  33. Olympias c. 375 – 316 BC
  34. Shang Yang 390–338 BC
  35. Antigonus I Monophthalmus 382–301 BC
  36. Lysippos c. 390 – c. 300 BC
  37. Lysimachus c. 357 – 281 BC
  38. Lysias c. 445 – 380 BC
  39. Cleanthes 331–232 BC
  40. Philip III of Macedon 359–317 BC
  41. Antipater 397–319 BC
  42. Aristoxenus c. 360 – c. 300 BC
  43. Agathocles of Syracuse 361–289 BC
  44. Cassander 355–296 BC
  45. Demetrius of Phalerum 350–283 BC
  46. Demetrius I Poliorcetes c. 337 – 283 BC
  47. Prodicus c. 460 – c. 380 BC
  48. Dionysius I of Syracuse c. 431 – 367 BC
  49. Perdiccas 365–321 BC
  50. Mausolus c. 410 – 353 BC
  51. Ephorus c. 400 – c. 330 BC
  52. Hephaestion 356–324 BC
  53. Marcus Furius Camillus 446–365 BC
  54. Strato of Lampsacus c. 335 – c. 269 BC
  55. Herophilos 335–280 BC
  56. Nearchus 356–300 BC