Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 181 BC?

22 of the people we track were surely alive in 181 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 Elder51–56
  2. Terence4–10
  3. Polybius18–22
  4. Hipparchus7–12
  5. Ennius58
  6. Antiochus IV Epiphanes32–37
  7. Ptolemy V Epiphanes29
  8. Scipio Aemilianus1–7
  9. Ptolemy VI Philometor3–5
  10. Mithridates I of Parthia14
  11. Carneades32–33
  12. Cleopatra II3–7
  13. Ptolemy VIII Physcon1
  14. Masinissa57–58
  15. Philip V of Macedon57–58
  16. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus44–49
  17. Perseus of Macedon29–34
  18. Modu Chanyu53–54
  19. Eumenes II40
  20. Seleucus IV Philopator36–37
  21. Zhang Qian19
  22. Demetrius I Soter6–7

Where the people alive in 181 BC were born

The 22 best known of those alive in 181 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (11 of 22 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list