Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 187 BC?

21 of the people we track were surely alive in 187 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.

Died in 187 BC: Antiochus III the Great.

  1. Hannibal60
  2. Plautus63–64
  3. Cato the Elder45–50
  4. Polybius12–16
  5. Hipparchus1–6
  6. Scipio Africanus46–51
  7. Ennius52
  8. Antiochus III the Great†
  9. Antiochus IV Epiphanes26–31
  10. Ptolemy V Epiphanes23
  11. Mithridates I of Parthia8
  12. Carneades26–27
  13. Masinissa51–52
  14. Philip V of Macedon51–52
  15. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus38–43
  16. Perseus of Macedon23–28
  17. Modu Chanyu47–48
  18. Eumenes II34
  19. Seleucus IV Philopator30–31
  20. Zhang Qian13
  21. Demetrius I Soter0–1

Where the people alive in 187 BC were born

The 21 best known of those alive in 187 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (13 of 21 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list