Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 196 BC?

21 of the people we track were surely alive in 196 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. Hannibal51
  2. Eratosthenes80–81
  3. Plautus54–55
  4. Cato the Elder36–41
  5. Polybius3–7
  6. Apollonius of Perga64–69
  7. Scipio Africanus37–42
  8. Ennius43
  9. Emperor Gaozu of Han60–61
  10. Antiochus III the Great44–49
  11. Antiochus IV Epiphanes17–22
  12. Ptolemy V Epiphanes14
  13. Carneades17–18
  14. Masinissa42–43
  15. Philip V of Macedon42–43
  16. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus29–34
  17. Perseus of Macedon14–19
  18. Modu Chanyu38–39
  19. Eumenes II25
  20. Seleucus IV Philopator21–22
  21. Zhang Qian4

Where the people alive in 196 BC were born

The 21 best known of those alive in 196 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (14 of 21 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list