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Mausolus
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Mausolus

Sovereign

Born c. 410 BC · died 353 BC

Who was alive at the same time as Mausolus?

  1. Gorgias, c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  2. Socrates, c. 470 – 399 BC
  3. Aspasia, c. 470 – 400 BC
  4. Mozi, 470–391 BC
  5. Hippocrates, c. 460 – c. 370 BC
  6. Alcibiades, c. 450 – 404 BC
  7. Aristophanes, c. 445 – 385 BC
  8. Antisthenes, 445–365 BC
  9. Aristippus, c. 435 – c. 360 BC
  10. Isocrates, 436–338 BC
  11. Archytas, c. 430 – c. 345 BC
  12. Mausolus, c. 410 – 353 BC
  13. Eudoxus of Cnidus, c. 408 – c. 355 BC
  14. Diogenes, c. 400 – c. 323 BC
  15. Aristotle, 384–322 BC
  16. Demosthenes, 384–322 BC
  17. Darius III, 380–330 BC
  18. Chanakya, 375–283 BC
  19. Mencius, c. 372 – c. 289 BC
  20. Theophrastus, c. 371 – 287 BC
  21. Zhuang Zhou, c. 369 – c. 288 BC
  22. Pytheas, c. 359 – c. 289 BC
  23. Seleucus I Nicator, 358–281 BC
  24. Alexander the Great, 356–323 BC

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When Mausolus died, Alexander the Great was 2 or 3, Demosthenes was 30 or 31, Artaxerxes III was 71 or 72, Apelles was 16 or 17 and Xenocrates was 42 or 43.

Born during Mausolus’s lifetime: Aristotle, Alexander the Great, Chanakya, Diogenes, Demosthenes, Mencius, Theophrastus and Zhuang Zhou.

Not quite contemporaries: Herodotus died about 9 years before Mausolus was born, Epicurus was born about 10 years after Mausolus died, Anaxagoras died about 13 years before Mausolus was born and Protagoras died about 5 years before Mausolus was born.

Where Mausolus’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Mausolus

The 52 best-known contemporaries

52 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Mausolus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 380 BC.

  1. Aristotle 384–322 BC
  2. Socrates c. 470 – 399 BC
  3. Alexander the Great 356–323 BC
  4. Hippocrates c. 460 – c. 370 BC
  5. Aristophanes c. 445 – 385 BC
  6. Chanakya 375–283 BC
  7. Diogenes c. 400 – c. 323 BC
  8. Demosthenes 384–322 BC
  9. Mencius c. 372 – c. 289 BC
  10. Theophrastus c. 371 – 287 BC
  11. Zhuang Zhou c. 369 – c. 288 BC
  12. Gorgias c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  13. Antisthenes 445–365 BC
  14. Darius III 380–330 BC
  15. Alcibiades c. 450 – 404 BC
  16. Isocrates 436–338 BC
  17. Seleucus I Nicator 358–281 BC
  18. Aristippus c. 435 – c. 360 BC
  19. Eudoxus of Cnidus c. 408 – c. 355 BC
  20. Mozi 470–391 BC
  21. Aspasia c. 470 – 400 BC
  22. Archytas c. 430 – c. 345 BC
  23. Pytheas c. 359 – c. 289 BC
  24. Artaxerxes III 425–338 BC
  25. Artaxerxes II c. 453 – 358 BC
  26. Darius II 475–404 BC
  27. Epaminondas c. 418 – 362 BC
  28. Philolaus c. 470 – c. 390 BC
  29. Praxiteles c. 395 – c. 330 BC
  30. Apelles 370–306 BC
  31. Agesilaus II 444–360 BC
  32. Xenocrates 396–314 BC
  33. Olympias c. 375 – 316 BC
  34. Shang Yang 390–338 BC
  35. Antigonus I Monophthalmus 382–301 BC
  36. Lysippos c. 390 – c. 300 BC
  37. Critias 460–403 BC
  38. Lysias c. 445 – 380 BC
  39. Aeschines c. 390 – c. 322 BC
  40. Philip III of Macedon 359–317 BC
  41. Antipater 397–319 BC
  42. Aristoxenus c. 360 – c. 300 BC
  43. Agathocles of Syracuse 361–289 BC
  44. Cassander 355–296 BC
  45. Prodicus c. 460 – c. 380 BC
  46. Dionysius I of Syracuse c. 431 – 367 BC
  47. Perdiccas 365–321 BC
  48. Hippias 443–399 BC
  49. Ephorus c. 400 – c. 330 BC
  50. Hephaestion 356–324 BC
  51. Marcus Furius Camillus 446–365 BC
  52. Nearchus 356–300 BC