Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 215 BC?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in 215 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 215 BC: Hiero II of Syracuse.

Events in 215 BC

  1. Archimedes70–75
  2. Qin Shi Huang44–45
  3. Hannibal32
  4. Eratosthenes61–62
  5. Plautus35–36
  6. Cato the Elder17–22
  7. Apollonius of Perga45–50
  8. Scipio Africanus18–23
  9. Ennius24
  10. Emperor Gaozu of Han41–42
  11. Antiochus III the Great25–30
  12. Livius Andronicus62–67
  13. Chrysippus66–67
  14. Ptolemy IV Philopator29
  15. Li Si65
  16. Gnaeus Naevius60
  17. Masinissa23–24
  18. Philip V of Macedon23–24
  19. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus10–15
  20. Modu Chanyu19–20
  21. Xiang Yu17
  22. Hiero II of Syracuse92 or 93 †
  23. Qin Er Shi6–16
  24. Attalus I54–55
  25. Hasdrubal Barca30–31
  26. Eumenes II6
  27. Seleucus IV Philopator2–3

Where the people alive in 215 BC were born

The 27 best known of those alive in 215 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (20 of 27 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list