Plautus · Polybius Were Plautus and Polybius alive at the same time? Yes. Plautus and Polybius were alive at the same time, from 202–199 BC to 184 BC. PlautusRoman comic playwrightBorn 250 BC · died 184 BCPolybiusAncient Greek historianBorn 202–199 BC · died 133–117 BC AshokaArchimedesEratosthenesQin Shi HuangPlautusHannibalCato the ElderPolybiusSima Qian Plautus and Polybius 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.