Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 166 BC?

19 of the people we track were surely alive in 166 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.

Died in 166 BC: Perseus of Macedon.

  1. Cato the Elder66–71
  2. Terence19–25
  3. Polybius33–37
  4. Hipparchus22–27
  5. Antiochus IV Epiphanes47–52
  6. Apollodorus of Athens11–16
  7. Scipio Aemilianus16–22
  8. Ptolemy VI Philometor18–20
  9. Mithridates I of Parthia29
  10. Carneades47–48
  11. Cleopatra II18–22
  12. Ptolemy VIII Physcon16
  13. Masinissa72–73
  14. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus59–64
  15. Perseus of Macedon†
  16. Eumenes II55
  17. Zhang Qian34
  18. Demetrius I Soter21–22
  19. Dionysius Thrax4–5

Where the people alive in 166 BC were born

The 19 best known of those alive in 166 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (12 of 19 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list