Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 138 BC?

20 of the people we track were surely alive in 138 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.

Born in 138 BC: Sulla.

  1. Polybius61–65
  2. Hipparchus50–55
  3. Sullaborn
  4. Tigranes the Great2–3
  5. Gaius Marius18–23
  6. Emperor Wu of Han18
  7. Apollodorus of Athens39–44
  8. Tiberius Gracchus24
  9. Scipio Aemilianus44–50
  10. Mithridates I of Parthia57
  11. Ptolemy IX Soter4
  12. Jugurtha22–23
  13. Carneades75–76
  14. Cleopatra II46–50
  15. Ptolemy VIII Physcon44
  16. Cleopatra III20–26
  17. Gaius Gracchus14–19
  18. Ptolemy X Alexander I1–2
  19. Zhang Qian62
  20. Dionysius Thrax32–33

Where the people alive in 138 BC were born

The 20 best known of those alive in 138 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (14 of 20 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list