Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 172 BC?

19 of the people we track were surely alive in 172 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 Elder60–65
  2. Terence13–19
  3. Polybius27–31
  4. Hipparchus16–21
  5. Ennius67
  6. Antiochus IV Epiphanes41–46
  7. Apollodorus of Athens5–10
  8. Scipio Aemilianus10–16
  9. Ptolemy VI Philometor12–14
  10. Mithridates I of Parthia23
  11. Carneades41–42
  12. Cleopatra II12–16
  13. Ptolemy VIII Physcon10
  14. Masinissa66–67
  15. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus53–58
  16. Perseus of Macedon38–43
  17. Eumenes II49
  18. Zhang Qian28
  19. Demetrius I Soter15–16

Where the people alive in 172 BC were born

The 19 best known of those alive in 172 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (12 of 19 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list