Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 220 BC?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in 220 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. Archimedes65–70
  2. Qin Shi Huang39–40
  3. Hannibal27
  4. Eratosthenes56–57
  5. Plautus30–31
  6. Cato the Elder12–17
  7. Apollonius of Perga40–45
  8. Scipio Africanus13–18
  9. Ennius19
  10. Emperor Gaozu of Han36–37
  11. Apollonius of Rhodes70–76
  12. Antiochus III the Great20–25
  13. Livius Andronicus57–62
  14. Chrysippus61–62
  15. Ptolemy IV Philopator24
  16. Li Si60
  17. Gnaeus Naevius55
  18. Masinissa18–19
  19. Philip V of Macedon18–19
  20. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus5–10
  21. Modu Chanyu14–15
  22. Xiang Yu12
  23. Hiero II of Syracuse88
  24. Qin Er Shi1–11
  25. Attalus I49–50
  26. Hasdrubal Barca25–26
  27. Eumenes II1

Where the people alive in 220 BC were born

The 27 best known of those alive in 220 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (21 of 27 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list