Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 169 BC?

20 of the people we track were surely alive in 169 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 169 BC: Ennius.

  1. Cato the Elder63–68
  2. Terence16–22
  3. Polybius30–34
  4. Hipparchus19–24
  5. Ennius70 †
  6. Antiochus IV Epiphanes44–49
  7. Apollodorus of Athens8–13
  8. Scipio Aemilianus13–19
  9. Ptolemy VI Philometor15–17
  10. Mithridates I of Parthia26
  11. Carneades44–45
  12. Cleopatra II15–19
  13. Ptolemy VIII Physcon13
  14. Masinissa69–70
  15. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus56–61
  16. Perseus of Macedon41–46
  17. Eumenes II52
  18. Zhang Qian31
  19. Demetrius I Soter18–19
  20. Dionysius Thrax1–2

Where the people alive in 169 BC were born

The 20 best known of those alive in 169 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (13 of 20 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list