Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 157 BC?

17 of the people we track were surely alive in 157 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. Cato the Elder75–80
  2. Polybius42–46
  3. Hipparchus31–36
  4. Apollodorus of Athens20–25
  5. Tiberius Gracchus5
  6. Scipio Aemilianus25–31
  7. Ptolemy VI Philometor27–29
  8. Mithridates I of Parthia38
  9. Jugurtha3–4
  10. Carneades56–57
  11. Cleopatra II27–31
  12. Ptolemy VIII Physcon25
  13. Masinissa81–82
  14. Cleopatra III1–7
  15. Zhang Qian43
  16. Demetrius I Soter30–31
  17. Dionysius Thrax13–14

Where the people alive in 157 BC were born

The 17 best known of those alive in 157 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (11 of 17 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list