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Seleucus III Ceraunus
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Seleucus III Ceraunus

Sovereign

Born 243 BC · died 223 BC, aged 19 or 20
Also known as Seleucus III Soter

Who was alive at the same time as Seleucus III Ceraunus?

  1. Cleanthes, 331–232 BC
  2. Pharnavaz I, 326–234 BC
  3. Aristarchus of Samos, c. 310 – c. 230 BC
  4. Ashoka, 304–232 BC
  5. Apollonius of Rhodes, c. 293 – 215 BC
  6. Archimedes, c. 287 – 212 BC
  7. Ptolemy III Euergetes, 284–222 BC
  8. Han Fei, c. 280 – 233 BC
  9. Livius Andronicus, c. 280 – c. 200 BC
  10. Chrysippus, 281–208 BC
  11. Li Si, 280–208 BC
  12. Eratosthenes, 276–194 BC
  13. Hamilcar Barca, 275–228 BC
  14. Apollonius of Perga, c. 262 – c. 190 BC
  15. Qin Shi Huang, 259–210 BC
  16. Emperor Gaozu of Han, 256–195 BC
  17. Plautus, 250–184 BC
  18. Hannibal, 247–183 BC
  19. Antiochus III the Great, c. 242 – 187 BC
  20. Ptolemy IV Philopator, 244–204 BC
  21. Seleucus III Ceraunus, 243–223 BC
  22. Ennius, 239–169 BC
  23. Scipio Africanus, c. 235 – 183 BC
  24. Cato the Elder, c. 234 – 149 BC

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When Seleucus III Ceraunus was born, Qin Shi Huang was 15 or 16, Eratosthenes was 32 or 33, Plautus was 6 or 7, Emperor Gaozu of Han was 12 or 13 and Chrysippus was 37 or 38.

When Seleucus III Ceraunus died, Qin Shi Huang was 35 or 36, Eratosthenes was 52 or 53, Plautus was 26 or 27, Ennius was 15 or 16 and Emperor Gaozu of Han was 32 or 33.

Born during Seleucus III Ceraunus’s lifetime: Cato the Elder, Scipio Africanus, Ennius, Masinissa, Philip V of Macedon, Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, Modu Chanyu and Xiang Yu.

Not quite contemporaries: Ptolemy II Philadelphus died about 2 years before Seleucus III Ceraunus was born, Antiochus IV Epiphanes was born about 5 years after Seleucus III Ceraunus died, Ptolemy V Epiphanes was born about 13 years after Seleucus III Ceraunus died and Antiochus II Theos died about 2 years before Seleucus III Ceraunus was born.

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Where Seleucus III Ceraunus’s contemporaries were born

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The 38 best-known contemporaries

38 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Seleucus III Ceraunus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 233 BC.

  1. Archimedes c. 287 – 212 BC
  2. Qin Shi Huang 259–210 BC
  3. Ashoka 304–232 BC
  4. Hannibal 247–183 BC
  5. Eratosthenes 276–194 BC
  6. Plautus 250–184 BC
  7. Cato the Elder c. 234 – 149 BC
  8. Apollonius of Perga c. 262 – c. 190 BC
  9. Scipio Africanus c. 235 – 183 BC
  10. Aristarchus of Samos c. 310 – c. 230 BC
  11. Han Fei c. 280 – 233 BC
  12. Ennius 239–169 BC
  13. Emperor Gaozu of Han 256–195 BC
  14. Pharnavaz I 326–234 BC
  15. Apollonius of Rhodes c. 293 – 215 BC
  16. Antiochus III the Great c. 242 – 187 BC
  17. Livius Andronicus c. 280 – c. 200 BC
  18. Hamilcar Barca 275–228 BC
  19. Chrysippus 281–208 BC
  20. Ptolemy III Euergetes 284–222 BC
  21. Ptolemy IV Philopator 244–204 BC
  22. Li Si 280–208 BC
  23. Cleanthes 331–232 BC
  24. Aratus c. 315 – c. 240 BC
  25. Gnaeus Naevius 275–201 BC
  26. Seleucus II Callinicus 265–225 BC
  27. Masinissa 238 – c. 149 BC
  28. Arcesilaus 315–240 BC
  29. Philip V of Macedon 238–179 BC
  30. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus c. 228 – 160 BC
  31. Modu Chanyu 234–174 BC
  32. Xiang Yu 232–202 BC
  33. Hiero II of Syracuse 308–215 BC
  34. Ctesibius c. 284 – c. 221 BC
  35. Attalus I 269–197 BC
  36. Hasdrubal Barca 245–207 BC
  37. Berenice II c. 266 – 221 BC
  38. Hasdrubal the Fair 270–221 BC