Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 147 BC?

17 of the people we track were surely alive in 147 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. Polybius52–56
  2. Hipparchus41–46
  3. Gaius Marius9–14
  4. Emperor Wu of Han9
  5. Apollodorus of Athens30–35
  6. Tiberius Gracchus15
  7. Scipio Aemilianus35–41
  8. Ptolemy VI Philometor37–39
  9. Mithridates I of Parthia48
  10. Jugurtha13–14
  11. Carneades66–67
  12. Cleopatra II37–41
  13. Ptolemy VIII Physcon35
  14. Cleopatra III11–17
  15. Gaius Gracchus5–10
  16. Zhang Qian53
  17. Dionysius Thrax23–24

Where the people alive in 147 BC were born

The 17 best known of those alive in 147 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (12 of 17 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list