Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 218 BC?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in 218 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 218 BC

  1. Archimedes67–72
  2. Qin Shi Huang41–42
  3. Hannibal29
  4. Eratosthenes58–59
  5. Plautus32–33
  6. Cato the Elder14–19
  7. Apollonius of Perga42–47
  8. Scipio Africanus15–20
  9. Ennius21
  10. Emperor Gaozu of Han38–39
  11. Apollonius of Rhodes72–78
  12. Antiochus III the Great22–27
  13. Livius Andronicus59–64
  14. Chrysippus63–64
  15. Ptolemy IV Philopator26
  16. Li Si62
  17. Gnaeus Naevius57
  18. Masinissa20–21
  19. Philip V of Macedon20–21
  20. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus7–12
  21. Modu Chanyu16–17
  22. Xiang Yu14
  23. Hiero II of Syracuse90
  24. Qin Er Shi3–13
  25. Attalus I51–52
  26. Hasdrubal Barca27–28
  27. Eumenes II3

Where the people alive in 218 BC were born

The 27 best known of those alive in 218 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (21 of 27 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list