Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 205 BC?

24 of the people we track were surely alive in 205 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.

Events in 205 BC

  1. Hannibal42
  2. Eratosthenes71–72
  3. Plautus45–46
  4. Cato the Elder27–32
  5. Apollonius of Perga55–60
  6. Scipio Africanus28–33
  7. Ennius34
  8. Emperor Gaozu of Han51–52
  9. Antiochus III the Great35–40
  10. Livius Andronicus72–77
  11. Antiochus IV Epiphanes8–13
  12. Ptolemy V Epiphanes5
  13. Ptolemy IV Philopator39
  14. Gnaeus Naevius70
  15. Carneades8–9
  16. Masinissa33–34
  17. Philip V of Macedon33–34
  18. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus20–25
  19. Perseus of Macedon5–10
  20. Modu Chanyu29–30
  21. Xiang Yu27
  22. Attalus I64–65
  23. Eumenes II16
  24. Seleucus IV Philopator12–13

Where the people alive in 205 BC were born

The 24 best known of those alive in 205 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (15 of 24 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list