Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 171 BC?

19 of the people we track were surely alive in 171 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 Elder61–66
  2. Terence14–20
  3. Polybius28–32
  4. Hipparchus17–22
  5. Ennius68
  6. Antiochus IV Epiphanes42–47
  7. Apollodorus of Athens6–11
  8. Scipio Aemilianus11–17
  9. Ptolemy VI Philometor13–15
  10. Mithridates I of Parthia24
  11. Carneades42–43
  12. Cleopatra II13–17
  13. Ptolemy VIII Physcon11
  14. Masinissa67–68
  15. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus54–59
  16. Perseus of Macedon39–44
  17. Eumenes II50
  18. Zhang Qian29
  19. Demetrius I Soter16–17

Where the people alive in 171 BC were born

The 19 best known of those alive in 171 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (12 of 19 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list