Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 178 BC?

20 of the people we track were surely alive in 178 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 Elder54–59
  2. Terence7–13
  3. Polybius21–25
  4. Hipparchus10–15
  5. Ennius61
  6. Antiochus IV Epiphanes35–40
  7. Scipio Aemilianus4–10
  8. Ptolemy VI Philometor6–8
  9. Mithridates I of Parthia17
  10. Carneades35–36
  11. Cleopatra II6–10
  12. Ptolemy VIII Physcon4
  13. Masinissa60–61
  14. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus47–52
  15. Perseus of Macedon32–37
  16. Modu Chanyu56–57
  17. Eumenes II43
  18. Seleucus IV Philopator39–40
  19. Zhang Qian22
  20. Demetrius I Soter9–10

Where the people alive in 178 BC were born

The 20 best known of those alive in 178 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (11 of 20 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list