Who Was Alive

Were Archimedes and Eratosthenes alive at the same time?

Yes. Archimedes and Eratosthenes were alive at the same time for 63 or 64 years, from 276 BC to 212 BC.

Eratosthenes was 63 or 64 when Archimedes died.

Archimedes

Greek mathematician and physicist

Born c. 287 BC · died 212 BC

Eratosthenes

Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist

Born 276 BC · died 194 BC

  1. Chanakya
  2. Epicurus
  3. Ashoka
  4. Archimedes
  5. Eratosthenes
  6. Qin Shi Huang
  7. Hannibal
Archimedes and Eratosthenes in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.