Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 126 BC?

20 of the people we track were surely alive in 126 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 Qian9–20
  2. Hipparchus62–67
  3. Sulla12
  4. Tigranes the Great14–15
  5. Gaius Marius30–35
  6. Emperor Wu of Han30
  7. Mithridates VI Eupator6–9
  8. Posidonius9
  9. Apollodorus of Athens51–56
  10. Ptolemy IX Soter16
  11. Jugurtha34–35
  12. Cleopatra II58–62
  13. Ptolemy VIII Physcon56
  14. Cleopatra III32–38
  15. Gaius Gracchus26–31
  16. Ptolemy X Alexander I13–14
  17. Zhang Qian74
  18. Dionysius Thrax44–45
  19. Lucius Cornelius Cinna9–10
  20. Cleopatra IV9–15

Where the people alive in 126 BC were born

The 20 best known of those alive in 126 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (14 of 20 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list