Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 159 BC?

16 of the people we track were surely alive in 159 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 Elder73–78
  2. Polybius40–44
  3. Hipparchus29–34
  4. Apollodorus of Athens18–23
  5. Tiberius Gracchus3
  6. Scipio Aemilianus23–29
  7. Ptolemy VI Philometor25–27
  8. Mithridates I of Parthia36
  9. Jugurtha1–2
  10. Carneades54–55
  11. Cleopatra II25–29
  12. Ptolemy VIII Physcon23
  13. Masinissa79–80
  14. Zhang Qian41
  15. Demetrius I Soter28–29
  16. Dionysius Thrax11–12

Where the people alive in 159 BC were born

The 16 best known of those alive in 159 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (11 of 16 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list