Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 222 BC?

28 of the people we track were surely alive in 222 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.

Died in 222 BC: Ptolemy III Euergetes.

Events in 222 BC

  1. Archimedes63–68
  2. Qin Shi Huang37–38
  3. Hannibal25
  4. Eratosthenes54–55
  5. Plautus28–29
  6. Cato the Elder10–15
  7. Apollonius of Perga38–43
  8. Scipio Africanus11–16
  9. Ennius17
  10. Emperor Gaozu of Han34–35
  11. Apollonius of Rhodes68–74
  12. Antiochus III the Great18–23
  13. Livius Andronicus55–60
  14. Chrysippus59–60
  15. Ptolemy III Euergetes61 or 62 †
  16. Ptolemy IV Philopator22
  17. Li Si58
  18. Gnaeus Naevius53
  19. Masinissa16–17
  20. Philip V of Macedon16–17
  21. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus3–8
  22. Modu Chanyu12–13
  23. Xiang Yu10
  24. Hiero II of Syracuse86
  25. Attalus I47–48
  26. Hasdrubal Barca23–24
  27. Berenice II44–45
  28. Hasdrubal the Fair48–49

Where the people alive in 222 BC were born

The 28 best known of those alive in 222 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (23 of 28 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list