Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 208 BC?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in 208 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.

Died in 208 BC: Li Si.

Events in 208 BC

  1. Hannibal39
  2. Eratosthenes68–69
  3. Plautus42–43
  4. Cato the Elder24–29
  5. Apollonius of Perga52–57
  6. Scipio Africanus25–30
  7. Ennius31
  8. Emperor Gaozu of Han48–49
  9. Antiochus III the Great32–37
  10. Livius Andronicus69–74
  11. Antiochus IV Epiphanes5–10
  12. Ptolemy V Epiphanes2
  13. Ptolemy IV Philopator36
  14. Li Si71 or 72 †
  15. Gnaeus Naevius67
  16. Carneades5–6
  17. Masinissa30–31
  18. Philip V of Macedon30–31
  19. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus17–22
  20. Perseus of Macedon2–7
  21. Modu Chanyu26–27
  22. Xiang Yu24
  23. Qin Er Shi13–23
  24. Attalus I61–62
  25. Hasdrubal Barca37–38
  26. Eumenes II13
  27. Seleucus IV Philopator9–10

Where the people alive in 208 BC were born

The 27 best known of those alive in 208 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (18 of 27 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list