Who Was Alive
Antiochus III the Great
Uploadalt, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Antiochus III the Great

Sovereign

Born c. 242 BC · died 187 BC
Also known as Antiochus III

Who was alive at the same time as Antiochus III the Great?

  1. Pharnavaz I, 326–234 BC
  2. Aristarchus of Samos, c. 310 – c. 230 BC
  3. Ashoka, 304–232 BC
  4. Apollonius of Rhodes, c. 293 – 215 BC
  5. Archimedes, c. 287 – 212 BC
  6. Ptolemy III Euergetes, 284–222 BC
  7. Han Fei, c. 280 – 233 BC
  8. Livius Andronicus, c. 280 – c. 200 BC
  9. Chrysippus, 281–208 BC
  10. Eratosthenes, 276–194 BC
  11. Hamilcar Barca, 275–228 BC
  12. Apollonius of Perga, c. 262 – c. 190 BC
  13. Qin Shi Huang, 259–210 BC
  14. Emperor Gaozu of Han, 256–195 BC
  15. Plautus, 250–184 BC
  16. Hannibal, 247–183 BC
  17. Antiochus III the Great, c. 242 – 187 BC
  18. Ennius, 239–169 BC
  19. Scipio Africanus, c. 235 – 183 BC
  20. Cato the Elder, c. 234 – 149 BC
  21. Antiochus IV Epiphanes, c. 215 – 164 BC
  22. Ptolemy V Epiphanes, 210–180 BC
  23. Polybius, c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  24. Hipparchus, c. 190 – c. 120 BC

Drag across the timeline, or use the arrow keys, to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Dashed lines mark world events. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Antiochus III the Great died, Hannibal was 59 or 60, Ennius was 51 or 52, Ptolemy V Epiphanes was 22 or 23, Mithridates I of Parthia was 7 or 8 and Eumenes II was 33 or 34.

Born during Antiochus III the Great’s lifetime: Cato the Elder, Polybius, Hipparchus, Scipio Africanus, Ennius, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Ptolemy V Epiphanes and Mithridates I of Parthia.

Not quite contemporaries: Ptolemy II Philadelphus died about a year before Antiochus III the Great was born, Apollodorus of Athens was born about 5 years after Antiochus III the Great died, Ptolemy VI Philometor was born about a year after Antiochus III the Great died and Antiochus II Theos died about a year before Antiochus III the Great was born.

What happened in Antiochus III the Great’s lifetime

Where Antiochus III the Great’s contemporaries were born

Antiochus III the Great is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (37 of 48 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list

Compare Antiochus III the Great

The 47 best-known contemporaries

47 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Antiochus III the Great. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 213 BC.

  1. Archimedes c. 287 – 212 BC
  2. Qin Shi Huang 259–210 BC
  3. Ashoka 304–232 BC
  4. Hannibal 247–183 BC
  5. Eratosthenes 276–194 BC
  6. Plautus 250–184 BC
  7. Cato the Elder c. 234 – 149 BC
  8. Polybius c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  9. Hipparchus c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  10. Apollonius of Perga c. 262 – c. 190 BC
  11. Scipio Africanus c. 235 – 183 BC
  12. Aristarchus of Samos c. 310 – c. 230 BC
  13. Han Fei c. 280 – 233 BC
  14. Ennius 239–169 BC
  15. Emperor Gaozu of Han 256–195 BC
  16. Pharnavaz I 326–234 BC
  17. Apollonius of Rhodes c. 293 – 215 BC
  18. Livius Andronicus c. 280 – c. 200 BC
  19. Hamilcar Barca 275–228 BC
  20. Chrysippus 281–208 BC
  21. Ptolemy III Euergetes 284–222 BC
  22. Antiochus IV Epiphanes c. 215 – 164 BC
  23. Ptolemy V Epiphanes 210–180 BC
  24. Ptolemy IV Philopator 244–204 BC
  25. Li Si 280–208 BC
  26. Cleanthes 331–232 BC
  27. Mithridates I of Parthia 195–132 BC
  28. Gnaeus Naevius 275–201 BC
  29. Carneades 213–129 BC
  30. Seleucus II Callinicus 265–225 BC
  31. Masinissa 238 – c. 149 BC
  32. Philip V of Macedon 238–179 BC
  33. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus c. 228 – 160 BC
  34. Perseus of Macedon c. 212 – 166 BC
  35. Modu Chanyu 234–174 BC
  36. Xiang Yu 232–202 BC
  37. Hiero II of Syracuse 308–215 BC
  38. Ctesibius c. 284 – c. 221 BC
  39. Qin Er Shi c. 226 – 207 BC
  40. Attalus I 269–197 BC
  41. Hasdrubal Barca 245–207 BC
  42. Seleucus III Ceraunus 243–223 BC
  43. Eumenes II 221–159 BC
  44. Seleucus IV Philopator 217–175 BC
  45. Zhang Qian 200 – c. 114 BC
  46. Berenice II c. 266 – 221 BC
  47. Hasdrubal the Fair 270–221 BC