Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 217 BC?

28 of the people we track were surely alive in 217 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 217 BC

  1. Archimedes68–73
  2. Qin Shi Huang42–43
  3. Hannibal30
  4. Eratosthenes59–60
  5. Plautus33–34
  6. Cato the Elder15–20
  7. Apollonius of Perga43–48
  8. Scipio Africanus16–21
  9. Ennius22
  10. Emperor Gaozu of Han39–40
  11. Apollonius of Rhodes73–79
  12. Antiochus III the Great23–28
  13. Livius Andronicus60–65
  14. Chrysippus64–65
  15. Ptolemy IV Philopator27
  16. Li Si63
  17. Gnaeus Naevius58
  18. Masinissa21–22
  19. Philip V of Macedon21–22
  20. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus8–13
  21. Modu Chanyu17–18
  22. Xiang Yu15
  23. Hiero II of Syracuse91
  24. Qin Er Shi4–14
  25. Attalus I52–53
  26. Hasdrubal Barca28–29
  27. Eumenes II4
  28. Seleucus IV Philopator0–1

Where the people alive in 217 BC were born

The 28 best known of those alive in 217 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (21 of 28 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list