Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 216 BC?

28 of the people we track were surely alive in 216 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 216 BC

  1. Archimedes69–74
  2. Qin Shi Huang43–44
  3. Hannibal31
  4. Eratosthenes60–61
  5. Plautus34–35
  6. Cato the Elder16–21
  7. Apollonius of Perga44–49
  8. Scipio Africanus17–22
  9. Ennius23
  10. Emperor Gaozu of Han40–41
  11. Apollonius of Rhodes74–80
  12. Antiochus III the Great24–29
  13. Livius Andronicus61–66
  14. Chrysippus65–66
  15. Ptolemy IV Philopator28
  16. Li Si64
  17. Gnaeus Naevius59
  18. Masinissa22–23
  19. Philip V of Macedon22–23
  20. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus9–14
  21. Modu Chanyu18–19
  22. Xiang Yu16
  23. Hiero II of Syracuse92
  24. Qin Er Shi5–15
  25. Attalus I53–54
  26. Hasdrubal Barca29–30
  27. Eumenes II5
  28. Seleucus IV Philopator1–2

Where the people alive in 216 BC were born

The 28 best known of those alive in 216 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (21 of 28 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list