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Ennius
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Ennius

Roman writer

Born 16 July 239 BC · died 8 October 169 BC, aged 70

Who was alive at the same time as Ennius?

  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. Polybius, c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  23. Hipparchus, c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  24. Terence, c. 188 – 159 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 Ennius was born, Qin Shi Huang was 19 or 20, Ashoka was 64 or 65, Hannibal was 7 or 8, Eratosthenes was 36 or 37 and Plautus was 10 or 11.

When Ennius died, Mithridates I of Parthia was 25 or 26, Carneades was 43 or 44, Ptolemy VIII Physcon was 12 or 13, Masinissa was 68 or 69 and Eumenes II was 51 or 52.

Born during Ennius’s lifetime: Cato the Elder, Terence, Polybius, Hipparchus, Scipio Africanus, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Ptolemy V Epiphanes and Apollodorus of Athens.

Not quite contemporaries: Gaius Marius was born about 8 years after Ennius died, Emperor Wu of Han was born about 13 years after Ennius died, Ptolemy II Philadelphus died about 7 years before Ennius was born and Tiberius Gracchus was born about 7 years after Ennius died.

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Where Ennius’s contemporaries were born

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The 55 best-known contemporaries

55 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Ennius. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 204 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. 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. Aristarchus of Samos c. 310 – c. 230 BC
  14. Han Fei c. 280 – 233 BC
  15. Emperor Gaozu of Han 256–195 BC
  16. Pharnavaz I 326–234 BC
  17. Apollonius of Rhodes c. 293 – 215 BC
  18. Antiochus III the Great c. 242 – 187 BC
  19. Livius Andronicus c. 280 – c. 200 BC
  20. Hamilcar Barca 275–228 BC
  21. Chrysippus 281–208 BC
  22. Ptolemy III Euergetes 284–222 BC
  23. Antiochus IV Epiphanes c. 215 – 164 BC
  24. Ptolemy V Epiphanes 210–180 BC
  25. Apollodorus of Athens c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  26. Ptolemy IV Philopator 244–204 BC
  27. Li Si 280–208 BC
  28. Cleanthes 331–232 BC
  29. Scipio Aemilianus c. 185 – 129 BC
  30. Ptolemy VI Philometor c. 185 – 145 BC
  31. Mithridates I of Parthia 195–132 BC
  32. Gnaeus Naevius 275–201 BC
  33. Carneades 213–129 BC
  34. Cleopatra II c. 186 – 116 BC
  35. Ptolemy VIII Physcon 182–116 BC
  36. Seleucus II Callinicus 265–225 BC
  37. Masinissa 238 – c. 149 BC
  38. Philip V of Macedon 238–179 BC
  39. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus c. 228 – 160 BC
  40. Perseus of Macedon c. 212 – 166 BC
  41. Modu Chanyu 234–174 BC
  42. Xiang Yu 232–202 BC
  43. Hiero II of Syracuse 308–215 BC
  44. Ctesibius c. 284 – c. 221 BC
  45. Qin Er Shi c. 226 – 207 BC
  46. Attalus I 269–197 BC
  47. Hasdrubal Barca 245–207 BC
  48. Seleucus III Ceraunus 243–223 BC
  49. Eumenes II 221–159 BC
  50. Seleucus IV Philopator 217–175 BC
  51. Zhang Qian 200 – c. 114 BC
  52. Demetrius I Soter 187–150 BC
  53. Dionysius Thrax 170–BC
  54. Berenice II c. 266 – 221 BC
  55. Hasdrubal the Fair 270–221 BC