Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 122 BC?

20 of the people we track were surely alive in 122 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 Qian13–24
  2. Sulla16
  3. Tigranes the Great18–19
  4. Gaius Marius34–39
  5. Emperor Wu of Han34
  6. Mithridates VI Eupator10–13
  7. Posidonius13
  8. Apollodorus of Athens55–60
  9. Ptolemy IX Soter20
  10. Jugurtha38–39
  11. Cleopatra II62–66
  12. Ptolemy VIII Physcon60
  13. Cleopatra III36–42
  14. Gaius Gracchus30–35
  15. Ptolemy X Alexander I17–18
  16. Zhang Qian78
  17. Dionysius Thrax48–49
  18. Lucius Cornelius Cinna13–14
  19. Cleopatra IV13–19
  20. Alexander Jannaeus3–8

Where the people alive in 122 BC were born

The 20 best known of those alive in 122 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (13 of 20 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list