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Demetrius I Soter
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Demetrius I Soter

Monarch

Born 187 BC · died 150 BC, aged 36 or 37
Also known as Demetrios I Soter

Who was alive at the same time as Demetrius I Soter?

  1. Plautus, 250–184 BC
  2. Hannibal, 247–183 BC
  3. Ennius, 239–169 BC
  4. Masinissa, 238 – c. 149 BC
  5. Scipio Africanus, c. 235 – 183 BC
  6. Cato the Elder, c. 234 – 149 BC
  7. Antiochus IV Epiphanes, c. 215 – 164 BC
  8. Carneades, 213–129 BC
  9. Ptolemy V Epiphanes, 210–180 BC
  10. Polybius, c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  11. Mithridates I of Parthia, 195–132 BC
  12. Hipparchus, c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  13. Terence, c. 188 – 159 BC
  14. Demetrius I Soter, 187–150 BC
  15. Cleopatra II, c. 186 – 116 BC
  16. Scipio Aemilianus, c. 185 – 129 BC
  17. Ptolemy VI Philometor, c. 185 – 145 BC
  18. Apollodorus of Athens, c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  19. Ptolemy VIII Physcon, 182–116 BC
  20. Cleopatra III, c. 161 – 101 BC
  21. Tiberius Gracchus, 162–133 BC
  22. Jugurtha, 160–104 BC
  23. Gaius Marius, c. 158 – 86 BC
  24. Emperor Wu of Han, 156–87 BC

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When Demetrius I Soter was born, Ennius was 51 or 52, Ptolemy V Epiphanes was 22 or 23 and Zhang Qian was 12 or 13.

When Demetrius I Soter died, Emperor Wu of Han was 5 or 6, Jugurtha was 9 or 10, Zhang Qian was 49 or 50 and Dionysius Thrax was 19 or 20.

Born during Demetrius I Soter’s lifetime: Gaius Marius, Emperor Wu of Han, Apollodorus of Athens, Tiberius Gracchus, Ptolemy VI Philometor, Jugurtha, Ptolemy VIII Physcon and Cleopatra III.

Not quite contemporaries: Sima Qian was born about 4 years after Demetrius I Soter died, Eratosthenes died about 6 years before Demetrius I Soter was born, Apollonius of Perga died months before Demetrius I Soter was born and Sulla was born about 12 years after Demetrius I Soter died.

Where Demetrius I Soter’s contemporaries were born

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The 32 best-known contemporaries

32 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Demetrius I Soter. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 169 BC.

  1. Hannibal 247–183 BC
  2. Plautus 250–184 BC
  3. Cato the Elder c. 234 – 149 BC
  4. Terence c. 188 – 159 BC
  5. Polybius c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  6. Hipparchus c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  7. Scipio Africanus c. 235 – 183 BC
  8. Ennius 239–169 BC
  9. Gaius Marius c. 158 – 86 BC
  10. Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
  11. Antiochus IV Epiphanes c. 215 – 164 BC
  12. Ptolemy V Epiphanes 210–180 BC
  13. Apollodorus of Athens c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  14. Tiberius Gracchus 162–133 BC
  15. Scipio Aemilianus c. 185 – 129 BC
  16. Ptolemy VI Philometor c. 185 – 145 BC
  17. Mithridates I of Parthia 195–132 BC
  18. Jugurtha 160–104 BC
  19. Carneades 213–129 BC
  20. Cleopatra II c. 186 – 116 BC
  21. Ptolemy VIII Physcon 182–116 BC
  22. Masinissa 238 – c. 149 BC
  23. Cleopatra III c. 161 – 101 BC
  24. Gaius Gracchus c. 154 – 121 BC
  25. Philip V of Macedon 238–179 BC
  26. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus c. 228 – 160 BC
  27. Perseus of Macedon c. 212 – 166 BC
  28. Modu Chanyu 234–174 BC
  29. Eumenes II 221–159 BC
  30. Seleucus IV Philopator 217–175 BC
  31. Zhang Qian 200 – c. 114 BC
  32. Dionysius Thrax 170–BC