Who Was Alive

Were Eratosthenes and Hannibal alive at the same time?

Yes. Eratosthenes and Hannibal were alive at the same time, from 247 BC to 194 BC.

Eratosthenes

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

Born 276 BC · died 194 BC

Hannibal

Carthaginian general

Born 247 BC · died 183 BC, aged 63 or 64

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