Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 209 BC?

28 of the people we track were surely alive in 209 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 209 BC

  1. Hannibal38
  2. Eratosthenes67–68
  3. Plautus41–42
  4. Cato the Elder23–28
  5. Apollonius of Perga51–56
  6. Scipio Africanus24–29
  7. Ennius30
  8. Emperor Gaozu of Han47–48
  9. Antiochus III the Great31–36
  10. Livius Andronicus68–73
  11. Chrysippus72–73
  12. Antiochus IV Epiphanes4–9
  13. Ptolemy V Epiphanes1
  14. Ptolemy IV Philopator35
  15. Li Si71
  16. Gnaeus Naevius66
  17. Carneades4–5
  18. Masinissa29–30
  19. Philip V of Macedon29–30
  20. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus16–21
  21. Perseus of Macedon1–6
  22. Modu Chanyu25–26
  23. Xiang Yu23
  24. Qin Er Shi12–22
  25. Attalus I60–61
  26. Hasdrubal Barca36–37
  27. Eumenes II12
  28. Seleucus IV Philopator8–9

Where the people alive in 209 BC were born

The 28 best known of those alive in 209 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (19 of 28 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list