Who Was Alive

Were Eratosthenes and Cato the Elder alive at the same time?

Yes. Eratosthenes and Cato the Elder were alive at the same time, from c. 234 BC to 194 BC.

Eratosthenes

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

Born 276 BC · died 194 BC

Cato the Elder

Roman politician, soldier and writer

Born c. 234 BC · died 149 BC

  1. Epicurus
  2. Ashoka
  3. Archimedes
  4. Eratosthenes
  5. Qin Shi Huang
  6. Plautus
  7. Hannibal
  8. Cato the Elder
Eratosthenes and Cato the Elder 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.