Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 189 BC?

19 of the people we track were surely alive in 189 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. Hannibal58
  2. Plautus61–62
  3. Cato the Elder43–48
  4. Polybius10–14
  5. Scipio Africanus44–49
  6. Ennius50
  7. Antiochus III the Great51–56
  8. Antiochus IV Epiphanes24–29
  9. Ptolemy V Epiphanes21
  10. Mithridates I of Parthia6
  11. Carneades24–25
  12. Masinissa49–50
  13. Philip V of Macedon49–50
  14. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus36–41
  15. Perseus of Macedon21–26
  16. Modu Chanyu45–46
  17. Eumenes II32
  18. Seleucus IV Philopator28–29
  19. Zhang Qian11

Where the people alive in 189 BC were born

The 19 best known of those alive in 189 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (12 of 19 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list