Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 219 BC?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in 219 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.

  1. Archimedes66–71
  2. Qin Shi Huang40–41
  3. Hannibal28
  4. Eratosthenes57–58
  5. Plautus31–32
  6. Cato the Elder13–18
  7. Apollonius of Perga41–46
  8. Scipio Africanus14–19
  9. Ennius20
  10. Emperor Gaozu of Han37–38
  11. Apollonius of Rhodes71–77
  12. Antiochus III the Great21–26
  13. Livius Andronicus58–63
  14. Chrysippus62–63
  15. Ptolemy IV Philopator25
  16. Li Si61
  17. Gnaeus Naevius56
  18. Masinissa19–20
  19. Philip V of Macedon19–20
  20. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus6–11
  21. Modu Chanyu15–16
  22. Xiang Yu13
  23. Hiero II of Syracuse89
  24. Qin Er Shi2–12
  25. Attalus I50–51
  26. Hasdrubal Barca26–27
  27. Eumenes II2

Where the people alive in 219 BC were born

The 27 best known of those alive in 219 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (21 of 27 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list