Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 186 BC?

20 of the people we track were surely alive in 186 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. Hannibal61
  2. Plautus64–65
  3. Cato the Elder46–51
  4. Polybius13–17
  5. Hipparchus2–7
  6. Scipio Africanus47–52
  7. Ennius53
  8. Antiochus IV Epiphanes27–32
  9. Ptolemy V Epiphanes24
  10. Mithridates I of Parthia9
  11. Carneades27–28
  12. Masinissa52–53
  13. Philip V of Macedon52–53
  14. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus39–44
  15. Perseus of Macedon24–29
  16. Modu Chanyu48–49
  17. Eumenes II35
  18. Seleucus IV Philopator31–32
  19. Zhang Qian14
  20. Demetrius I Soter1–2

Where the people alive in 186 BC were born

The 20 best known of those alive in 186 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (12 of 20 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list