Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 221 BC?

28 of the people we track were surely alive in 221 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.

Born in 221 BC: Eumenes II.

Died in 221 BC: Berenice II.

Events in 221 BC

  1. Archimedes64–69
  2. Qin Shi Huang38–39
  3. Hannibal26
  4. Eratosthenes55–56
  5. Plautus29–30
  6. Cato the Elder11–16
  7. Apollonius of Perga39–44
  8. Scipio Africanus12–17
  9. Ennius18
  10. Emperor Gaozu of Han35–36
  11. Apollonius of Rhodes69–75
  12. Antiochus III the Great19–24
  13. Livius Andronicus56–61
  14. Chrysippus60–61
  15. Ptolemy IV Philopator23
  16. Li Si59
  17. Gnaeus Naevius54
  18. Masinissa17–18
  19. Philip V of Macedon17–18
  20. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus4–9
  21. Modu Chanyu13–14
  22. Xiang Yu11
  23. Hiero II of Syracuse87
  24. Qin Er Shi0–10
  25. Attalus I48–49
  26. Hasdrubal Barca24–25
  27. Eumenes IIborn
  28. Berenice II†

Where the people alive in 221 BC were born

The 28 best known of those alive in 221 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (22 of 28 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list