Who Was Alive

Qin Shi Huang

First emperor of Qin Dynasty

Born 259 BC · died 210 BC, aged 48 or 49

Who was alive at the same time as Qin Shi Huang?

  1. Ashoka
  2. Archimedes
  3. Eratosthenes
  4. Qin Shi Huang
  5. Plautus
  6. Hannibal
  7. Cato the Elder
Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Qin Shi Huang was born, Eratosthenes was 16 or 17.

When Qin Shi Huang died, Eratosthenes was 65 or 66 and Plautus was 39 or 40.

Born during Qin Shi Huang’s lifetime: Hannibal, Plautus and Cato the Elder.

Not quite contemporaries: Epicurus died 10 years before Qin Shi Huang was born, Zeno of Citium died 3 years before Qin Shi Huang was born and Polybius was born 7 years after Qin Shi Huang died.

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