Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 188 BC?

20 of the people we track were surely alive in 188 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. Hannibal59
  2. Plautus62–63
  3. Cato the Elder44–49
  4. Polybius11–15
  5. Hipparchus0–5
  6. Scipio Africanus45–50
  7. Ennius51
  8. Antiochus III the Great52–57
  9. Antiochus IV Epiphanes25–30
  10. Ptolemy V Epiphanes22
  11. Mithridates I of Parthia7
  12. Carneades25–26
  13. Masinissa50–51
  14. Philip V of Macedon50–51
  15. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus37–42
  16. Perseus of Macedon22–27
  17. Modu Chanyu46–47
  18. Eumenes II33
  19. Seleucus IV Philopator29–30
  20. Zhang Qian12

Where the people alive in 188 BC were born

The 20 best known of those alive in 188 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (13 of 20 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list