Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 170 BC?

20 of the people we track were surely alive in 170 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 Elder62–67
  2. Terence15–21
  3. Polybius29–33
  4. Hipparchus18–23
  5. Ennius69
  6. Antiochus IV Epiphanes43–48
  7. Apollodorus of Athens7–12
  8. Scipio Aemilianus12–18
  9. Ptolemy VI Philometor14–16
  10. Mithridates I of Parthia25
  11. Carneades43–44
  12. Cleopatra II14–18
  13. Ptolemy VIII Physcon12
  14. Masinissa68–69
  15. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus55–60
  16. Perseus of Macedon40–45
  17. Eumenes II51
  18. Zhang Qian30
  19. Demetrius I Soter17–18
  20. Dionysius Thrax0–1

Where the people alive in 170 BC were born

The 20 best known of those alive in 170 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (13 of 20 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list