Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 121 BC?

19 of the people we track were surely alive in 121 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 Qian14–25
  2. Sulla17
  3. Tigranes the Great19–20
  4. Gaius Marius35–40
  5. Emperor Wu of Han35
  6. Mithridates VI Eupator11–14
  7. Posidonius14
  8. Apollodorus of Athens56–61
  9. Ptolemy IX Soter21
  10. Jugurtha39–40
  11. Cleopatra II63–67
  12. Ptolemy VIII Physcon61
  13. Cleopatra III37–43
  14. Ptolemy X Alexander I18–19
  15. Zhang Qian79
  16. Dionysius Thrax49–50
  17. Lucius Cornelius Cinna14–15
  18. Cleopatra IV14–20
  19. Alexander Jannaeus4–9

Where the people alive in 121 BC were born

The 19 best known of those alive in 121 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (13 of 19 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list