Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 120 BC?

19 of the people we track were surely alive in 120 BC. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year; a range such as 17–21 means the birth year itself is uncertain.

  1. Sima Qian15–26
  2. Sulla18
  3. Tigranes the Great20–21
  4. Gaius Marius36–41
  5. Emperor Wu of Han36
  6. Mithridates VI Eupator12–15
  7. Posidonius15
  8. Apollodorus of Athens57–62
  9. Ptolemy IX Soter22
  10. Jugurtha40–41
  11. Cleopatra II64–68
  12. Ptolemy VIII Physcon62
  13. Cleopatra III38–44
  14. Ptolemy X Alexander I19–20
  15. Zhang Qian80
  16. Dionysius Thrax50–51
  17. Lucius Cornelius Cinna15–16
  18. Cleopatra IV15–21
  19. Alexander Jannaeus5–10

Where the people alive in 120 BC were born

The 19 best known of those alive in 120 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (13 of 19 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list