Who Was Alive
Xiang Yu
ShangGuan Zhou（上官周）, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Xiang Yu

Chinese politician

Born 29 March 232 BC · died 202 BC, aged 29 or 30
Also known as Xiang Ji

Who was alive at the same time as Xiang Yu?

  1. Apollonius of Rhodes, c. 293 – 215 BC
  2. Archimedes, c. 287 – 212 BC
  3. Ptolemy III Euergetes, 284–222 BC
  4. Livius Andronicus, c. 280 – c. 200 BC
  5. Chrysippus, 281–208 BC
  6. Li Si, 280–208 BC
  7. Eratosthenes, 276–194 BC
  8. Hamilcar Barca, 275–228 BC
  9. Gnaeus Naevius, 275–201 BC
  10. Seleucus II Callinicus, 265–225 BC
  11. Apollonius of Perga, c. 262 – c. 190 BC
  12. Qin Shi Huang, 259–210 BC
  13. Emperor Gaozu of Han, 256–195 BC
  14. Plautus, 250–184 BC
  15. Hannibal, 247–183 BC
  16. Antiochus III the Great, c. 242 – 187 BC
  17. Ptolemy IV Philopator, 244–204 BC
  18. Ennius, 239–169 BC
  19. Scipio Africanus, c. 235 – 183 BC
  20. Cato the Elder, c. 234 – 149 BC
  21. Xiang Yu, 232–202 BC
  22. Antiochus IV Epiphanes, c. 215 – 164 BC
  23. Carneades, 213–129 BC
  24. Ptolemy V Epiphanes, 210–180 BC

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When Xiang Yu was born, Qin Shi Huang was 26 or 27, Hannibal was 14 or 15, Eratosthenes was 43 or 44, Plautus was 17 or 18 and Ennius was 6.

When Xiang Yu died, Eratosthenes was 73 or 74, Plautus was 47 or 48, Ennius was 36 or 37, Emperor Gaozu of Han was 53 or 54 and Ptolemy V Epiphanes was 7 or 8.

Born during Xiang Yu’s lifetime: Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Ptolemy V Epiphanes, Carneades, Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, Perseus of Macedon, Qin Er Shi, Eumenes II and Seleucus IV Philopator.

Not quite contemporaries: Terence was born about 11 years after Xiang Yu died, Hipparchus was born about 9 years after Xiang Yu died, Han Fei died about a year before Xiang Yu was born and Ptolemy II Philadelphus died about 14 years before Xiang Yu was born.

What happened in Xiang Yu’s lifetime

Where Xiang Yu’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 Xiang Yu. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 217 BC.

  1. Archimedes c. 287 – 212 BC
  2. Qin Shi Huang 259–210 BC
  3. Hannibal 247–183 BC
  4. Eratosthenes 276–194 BC
  5. Plautus 250–184 BC
  6. Cato the Elder c. 234 – 149 BC
  7. Apollonius of Perga c. 262 – c. 190 BC
  8. Scipio Africanus c. 235 – 183 BC
  9. Ennius 239–169 BC
  10. Emperor Gaozu of Han 256–195 BC
  11. Apollonius of Rhodes c. 293 – 215 BC
  12. Antiochus III the Great c. 242 – 187 BC
  13. Livius Andronicus c. 280 – c. 200 BC
  14. Hamilcar Barca 275–228 BC
  15. Chrysippus 281–208 BC
  16. Ptolemy III Euergetes 284–222 BC
  17. Antiochus IV Epiphanes c. 215 – 164 BC
  18. Ptolemy V Epiphanes 210–180 BC
  19. Ptolemy IV Philopator 244–204 BC
  20. Li Si 280–208 BC
  21. Gnaeus Naevius 275–201 BC
  22. Carneades 213–129 BC
  23. Seleucus II Callinicus 265–225 BC
  24. Masinissa 238 – c. 149 BC
  25. Philip V of Macedon 238–179 BC
  26. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus c. 228 – 160 BC
  27. Perseus of Macedon c. 212 – 166 BC
  28. Modu Chanyu 234–174 BC
  29. Hiero II of Syracuse 308–215 BC
  30. Ctesibius c. 284 – c. 221 BC
  31. Qin Er Shi c. 226 – 207 BC
  32. Attalus I 269–197 BC
  33. Hasdrubal Barca 245–207 BC
  34. Seleucus III Ceraunus 243–223 BC
  35. Eumenes II 221–159 BC
  36. Seleucus IV Philopator 217–175 BC
  37. Berenice II c. 266 – 221 BC
  38. Hasdrubal the Fair 270–221 BC