Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 198 BC?

22 of the people we track were surely alive in 198 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. Hannibal49
  2. Eratosthenes78–79
  3. Plautus52–53
  4. Cato the Elder34–39
  5. Polybius1–5
  6. Apollonius of Perga62–67
  7. Scipio Africanus35–40
  8. Ennius41
  9. Emperor Gaozu of Han58–59
  10. Antiochus III the Great42–47
  11. Antiochus IV Epiphanes15–20
  12. Ptolemy V Epiphanes12
  13. Carneades15–16
  14. Masinissa40–41
  15. Philip V of Macedon40–41
  16. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus27–32
  17. Perseus of Macedon12–17
  18. Modu Chanyu36–37
  19. Attalus I71–72
  20. Eumenes II23
  21. Seleucus IV Philopator19–20
  22. Zhang Qian2

Where the people alive in 198 BC were born

The 22 best known of those alive in 198 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (14 of 22 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list