Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 179 BC?

20 of the people we track were surely alive in 179 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 Elder53–58
  2. Terence6–12
  3. Polybius20–24
  4. Hipparchus9–14
  5. Ennius60
  6. Antiochus IV Epiphanes34–39
  7. Scipio Aemilianus3–9
  8. Ptolemy VI Philometor5–7
  9. Mithridates I of Parthia16
  10. Carneades34–35
  11. Cleopatra II5–9
  12. Ptolemy VIII Physcon3
  13. Masinissa59–60
  14. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus46–51
  15. Perseus of Macedon31–36
  16. Modu Chanyu55–56
  17. Eumenes II42
  18. Seleucus IV Philopator38–39
  19. Zhang Qian21
  20. Demetrius I Soter8–9

Where the people alive in 179 BC were born

The 20 best known of those alive in 179 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (11 of 20 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list