Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 123 BC?

21 of the people we track were surely alive in 123 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 Qian12–23
  2. Hipparchus65–70
  3. Sulla15
  4. Tigranes the Great17–18
  5. Gaius Marius33–38
  6. Emperor Wu of Han33
  7. Mithridates VI Eupator9–12
  8. Posidonius12
  9. Apollodorus of Athens54–59
  10. Ptolemy IX Soter19
  11. Jugurtha37–38
  12. Cleopatra II61–65
  13. Ptolemy VIII Physcon59
  14. Cleopatra III35–41
  15. Gaius Gracchus29–34
  16. Ptolemy X Alexander I16–17
  17. Zhang Qian77
  18. Dionysius Thrax47–48
  19. Lucius Cornelius Cinna12–13
  20. Cleopatra IV12–18
  21. Alexander Jannaeus2–7

Where the people alive in 123 BC were born

The 21 best known of those alive in 123 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (14 of 21 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list