Who was alive in 158 BC?
17 of the people we track were surely alive in 158 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.
Cato the Elder74–79
Polybius41–45
Hipparchus30–35- Apollodorus of Athens19–24
Tiberius Gracchus4
Scipio Aemilianus24–30
Ptolemy VI Philometor26–28
Mithridates I of Parthia37
Jugurtha2–3
Carneades55–56
Cleopatra II26–30
Ptolemy VIII Physcon24
Masinissa80–81
Cleopatra III0–6
Zhang Qian42
Demetrius I Soter29–30- Dionysius Thrax12–13
Where the people alive in 158 BC were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Cato the Elder: Tusculum
- Polybius: Megalopolis
- Hipparchus: Nicaea
- Apollodorus of Athens: Classical Athens
- Tiberius Gracchus: Rome
- Scipio Aemilianus: Ancient Rome
- Mithridates I of Parthia: Parthian Empire
- Jugurtha: Cirta
- Carneades: Cyrene
- Zhang Qian: Chenggu County
- Dionysius Thrax: Alexandria