Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 212 BC?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in 212 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 212 BC

  1. Qin Shi Huang47–48
  2. Hannibal35
  3. Eratosthenes64–65
  4. Plautus38–39
  5. Cato the Elder20–25
  6. Apollonius of Perga48–53
  7. Scipio Africanus21–26
  8. Ennius27
  9. Emperor Gaozu of Han44–45
  10. Antiochus III the Great28–33
  11. Livius Andronicus65–70
  12. Chrysippus69–70
  13. Antiochus IV Epiphanes1–6
  14. Ptolemy IV Philopator32
  15. Li Si68
  16. Gnaeus Naevius63
  17. Carneades1–2
  18. Masinissa26–27
  19. Philip V of Macedon26–27
  20. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus13–18
  21. Modu Chanyu22–23
  22. Xiang Yu20
  23. Qin Er Shi9–19
  24. Attalus I57–58
  25. Hasdrubal Barca33–34
  26. Eumenes II9
  27. Seleucus IV Philopator5–6

Where the people alive in 212 BC were born

The 27 best known of those alive in 212 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (19 of 27 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list