Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 197 BC?

21 of the people we track were surely alive in 197 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. Hannibal50
  2. Eratosthenes79–80
  3. Plautus53–54
  4. Cato the Elder35–40
  5. Polybius2–6
  6. Apollonius of Perga63–68
  7. Scipio Africanus36–41
  8. Ennius42
  9. Emperor Gaozu of Han59–60
  10. Antiochus III the Great43–48
  11. Antiochus IV Epiphanes16–21
  12. Ptolemy V Epiphanes13
  13. Carneades16–17
  14. Masinissa41–42
  15. Philip V of Macedon41–42
  16. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus28–33
  17. Perseus of Macedon13–18
  18. Modu Chanyu37–38
  19. Eumenes II24
  20. Seleucus IV Philopator20–21
  21. Zhang Qian3

Where the people alive in 197 BC were born

The 21 best known of those alive in 197 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (14 of 21 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list