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Hipparchus
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Hipparchus

Astronomer and geographer

Born c. 190 BC · died c. 120 BC
Also known as Hipparchus of Rhodes, Hipparchus of Nicaea

Who was alive at the same time as Hipparchus?

  1. Plautus, 250–184 BC
  2. Hannibal, 247–183 BC
  3. Antiochus III the Great, c. 242 – 187 BC
  4. Ennius, 239–169 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. Ptolemy V Epiphanes, 210–180 BC
  9. Polybius, c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  10. Mithridates I of Parthia, 195–132 BC
  11. Hipparchus, c. 190 – c. 120 BC
  12. Terence, c. 188 – 159 BC
  13. Scipio Aemilianus, c. 185 – 129 BC
  14. Ptolemy VI Philometor, c. 185 – 145 BC
  15. Apollodorus of Athens, c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  16. Tiberius Gracchus, 162–133 BC
  17. Gaius Marius, c. 158 – 86 BC
  18. Emperor Wu of Han, 156–87 BC
  19. Sima Qian, c. 140 – BC
  20. Ptolemy IX Soter, 142–81 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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Born during Hipparchus’s lifetime: Sima Qian, Sulla, Tigranes the Great, Gaius Marius, Emperor Wu of Han, Mithridates VI Eupator, Posidonius and Apollodorus of Athens.

Not quite contemporaries: Cicero was born about 11 years after Hipparchus died, Eratosthenes died about a year before Hipparchus was born, Pompey was born about 12 years after Hipparchus died and Spartacus was born about 14 years after Hipparchus died.

Where Hipparchus’s contemporaries were born

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Birthplaces as a list

Compare Hipparchus

The 43 best-known contemporaries

43 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Hipparchus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 155 BC.

  1. Sima Qian c. 140 – BC
  2. Hannibal 247–183 BC
  3. Plautus 250–184 BC
  4. Cato the Elder c. 234 – 149 BC
  5. Terence c. 188 – 159 BC
  6. Polybius c. 201 – c. 126 BC
  7. Scipio Africanus c. 235 – 183 BC
  8. Sulla 138–BC
  9. Tigranes the Great 140–BC
  10. Ennius 239–169 BC
  11. Gaius Marius c. 158 – 86 BC
  12. Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
  13. Mithridates VI Eupator c. 133 – BC
  14. Antiochus III the Great c. 242 – 187 BC
  15. Posidonius 135–BC
  16. Antiochus IV Epiphanes c. 215 – 164 BC
  17. Ptolemy V Epiphanes 210–180 BC
  18. Apollodorus of Athens c. 180 – c. 115 BC
  19. Tiberius Gracchus 162–133 BC
  20. Scipio Aemilianus c. 185 – 129 BC
  21. Ptolemy VI Philometor c. 185 – 145 BC
  22. Mithridates I of Parthia 195–132 BC
  23. Ptolemy IX Soter 142–81 BC
  24. Jugurtha 160–104 BC
  25. Carneades 213–129 BC
  26. Cleopatra II c. 186 – 116 BC
  27. Ptolemy VIII Physcon 182–116 BC
  28. Masinissa 238 – c. 149 BC
  29. Cleopatra III c. 161 – 101 BC
  30. Gaius Gracchus c. 154 – 121 BC
  31. Philip V of Macedon 238–179 BC
  32. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus c. 228 – 160 BC
  33. Perseus of Macedon c. 212 – 166 BC
  34. Ptolemy X Alexander I c. 139 – BC
  35. Modu Chanyu 234–174 BC
  36. Eumenes II 221–159 BC
  37. Seleucus IV Philopator 217–175 BC
  38. Zhang Qian 200 – c. 114 BC
  39. Demetrius I Soter 187–150 BC
  40. Dionysius Thrax 170–BC
  41. Lucius Cornelius Cinna 135–BC
  42. Cleopatra IV c. 138 – 112 BC
  43. Alexander Jannaeus c. 127 – BC