Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 161 BC?

18 of the people we track were surely alive in 161 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 Elder71–76
  2. Terence24–30
  3. Polybius38–42
  4. Hipparchus27–32
  5. Apollodorus of Athens16–21
  6. Tiberius Gracchus1
  7. Scipio Aemilianus21–27
  8. Ptolemy VI Philometor23–25
  9. Mithridates I of Parthia34
  10. Carneades52–53
  11. Cleopatra II23–27
  12. Ptolemy VIII Physcon21
  13. Masinissa77–78
  14. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus64–69
  15. Eumenes II60
  16. Zhang Qian39
  17. Demetrius I Soter26–27
  18. Dionysius Thrax9–10

Where the people alive in 161 BC were born

The 18 best known of those alive in 161 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (12 of 18 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list