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Carneades
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Carneades

Philosopher

Born 213 BC · died 129 BC
Also known as Carneades of Cyrene

Who was alive at the same time as Carneades?

  1. Archimedes, c. 287 – 212 BC
  2. Livius Andronicus, c. 280 – c. 200 BC
  3. Chrysippus, 281–208 BC
  4. Eratosthenes, 276–194 BC
  5. Apollonius of Perga, c. 262 – c. 190 BC
  6. Qin Shi Huang, 259–210 BC
  7. Emperor Gaozu of Han, 256–195 BC
  8. Plautus, 250–184 BC
  9. Hannibal, 247–183 BC
  10. Antiochus III the Great, c. 242 – 187 BC
  11. Ennius, 239–169 BC
  12. Scipio Africanus, c. 235 – 183 BC
  13. Cato the Elder, c. 234 – 149 BC
  14. Carneades, 213–129 BC
  15. Polybius, c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  16. Hipparchus, c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  17. Terence, c. 188 – 159 BC
  18. Gaius Marius, c. 158 – 86 BC
  19. Emperor Wu of Han, 156–87 BC
  20. Sima Qian, c. 140 – BC
  21. Tigranes the Great, 140–BC
  22. Sulla, 138–BC
  23. Posidonius, 135–BC
  24. Mithridates VI Eupator, c. 133 – BC

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When Carneades was born, Qin Shi Huang was 45 or 46, Eratosthenes was 62 or 63, Plautus was 36 or 37, Ennius was 25 or 26 and Emperor Gaozu of Han was 42 or 43.

When Carneades died, Tigranes the Great was 10 or 11, Emperor Wu of Han was 26 or 27, Ptolemy IX Soter was 12 or 13, Jugurtha was 30 or 31 and Zhang Qian was 70 or 71.

Born during Carneades’s lifetime: Sima Qian, Terence, Polybius, Hipparchus, Sulla, Tigranes the Great, Gaius Marius and Emperor Wu of Han.

Not quite contemporaries: Aristarchus of Samos died about 14 years before Carneades was born, Marcus Terentius Varro was born about 13 years after Carneades died, Marcus Licinius Crassus was born about 13 years after Carneades died and Apollonius of Rhodes died about a year before Carneades was born.

Where Carneades’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 Carneades. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 171 BC.

  1. Archimedes c. 287 – 212 BC
  2. Qin Shi Huang 259–210 BC
  3. Sima Qian c. 140 – 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. Terence c. 188 – 159 BC
  9. Polybius c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  10. Hipparchus c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  11. Apollonius of Perga c. 262 – c. 190 BC
  12. Scipio Africanus c. 235 – 183 BC
  13. Sulla 138–BC
  14. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  15. Ennius 239–169 BC
  16. Gaius Marius c. 158 – 86 BC
  17. Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
  18. Emperor Gaozu of Han 256–195 BC
  19. Mithridates VI Eupator c. 133 – BC
  20. Antiochus III the Great c. 242 – 187 BC
  21. Livius Andronicus c. 280 – c. 200 BC
  22. Posidonius 135–BC
  23. Chrysippus 281–208 BC
  24. Antiochus IV Epiphanes c. 215 – 164 BC
  25. Ptolemy V Epiphanes 210–180 BC
  26. Apollodorus of Athens c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  27. Tiberius Gracchus 162–133 BC
  28. Ptolemy IV Philopator 244–204 BC
  29. Li Si 280–208 BC
  30. Scipio Aemilianus c. 185 – 129 BC
  31. Ptolemy VI Philometor c. 185 – 145 BC
  32. Mithridates I of Parthia 195–132 BC
  33. Ptolemy IX Soter 142–81 BC
  34. Jugurtha 160–104 BC
  35. Gnaeus Naevius 275–201 BC
  36. Cleopatra II c. 186 – 116 BC
  37. Ptolemy VIII Physcon 182–116 BC
  38. Masinissa 238 – c. 149 BC
  39. Cleopatra III c. 161 – 101 BC
  40. Gaius Gracchus c. 154 – 121 BC
  41. Philip V of Macedon 238–179 BC
  42. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus c. 228 – 160 BC
  43. Perseus of Macedon c. 212 – 166 BC
  44. Ptolemy X Alexander I c. 139 – BC
  45. Modu Chanyu 234–174 BC
  46. Xiang Yu 232–202 BC
  47. Qin Er Shi c. 226 – 207 BC
  48. Attalus I 269–197 BC
  49. Hasdrubal Barca 245–207 BC
  50. Eumenes II 221–159 BC
  51. Seleucus IV Philopator 217–175 BC
  52. Zhang Qian 200 – c. 114 BC
  53. Demetrius I Soter 187–150 BC
  54. Dionysius Thrax 170–BC
  55. Lucius Cornelius Cinna 135–BC
  56. Cleopatra IV c. 138 – 112 BC