Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 140 BC?

18 of the people we track were surely alive in 140 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. Polybius59–63
  2. Hipparchus48–53
  3. Tigranes the Great0–1
  4. Gaius Marius16–21
  5. Emperor Wu of Han16
  6. Apollodorus of Athens37–42
  7. Tiberius Gracchus22
  8. Scipio Aemilianus42–48
  9. Mithridates I of Parthia55
  10. Ptolemy IX Soter2
  11. Jugurtha20–21
  12. Carneades73–74
  13. Cleopatra II44–48
  14. Ptolemy VIII Physcon42
  15. Cleopatra III18–24
  16. Gaius Gracchus12–17
  17. Zhang Qian60
  18. Dionysius Thrax30–31

Where the people alive in 140 BC were born

The 18 best known of those alive in 140 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (13 of 18 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list