Who was alive in 173 BC?
19 of the people we track were surely alive in 173 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.
Cato the Elder59–64
Terence12–18
Polybius26–30
Hipparchus15–20
Ennius66
Antiochus IV Epiphanes40–45- Apollodorus of Athens4–9
Scipio Aemilianus9–15
Ptolemy VI Philometor11–13
Mithridates I of Parthia22
Carneades40–41
Cleopatra II11–15
Ptolemy VIII Physcon9
Masinissa65–66
Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus52–57
Perseus of Macedon37–42
Eumenes II48
Zhang Qian27
Demetrius I Soter14–15
Where the people alive in 173 BC were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Cato the Elder: Tusculum
- Terence: Carthage
- Polybius: Megalopolis
- Hipparchus: Nicaea
- Ennius: Rudiae
- Apollodorus of Athens: Classical Athens
- Scipio Aemilianus: Ancient Rome
- Mithridates I of Parthia: Parthian Empire
- Carneades: Cyrene
- Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus: Ancient Rome
- Perseus of Macedon: Pella
- Zhang Qian: Chenggu County