Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 223 BC?

28 of the people we track were surely alive in 223 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 223 BC

  1. Archimedes62–67
  2. Qin Shi Huang36–37
  3. Hannibal24
  4. Eratosthenes53–54
  5. Plautus27–28
  6. Cato the Elder9–14
  7. Apollonius of Perga37–42
  8. Scipio Africanus10–15
  9. Ennius16
  10. Emperor Gaozu of Han33–34
  11. Apollonius of Rhodes67–73
  12. Antiochus III the Great17–22
  13. Livius Andronicus54–59
  14. Chrysippus58–59
  15. Ptolemy III Euergetes61
  16. Ptolemy IV Philopator21
  17. Li Si57
  18. Gnaeus Naevius52
  19. Masinissa15–16
  20. Philip V of Macedon15–16
  21. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus2–7
  22. Modu Chanyu11–12
  23. Xiang Yu9
  24. Hiero II of Syracuse85
  25. Attalus I46–47
  26. Hasdrubal Barca22–23
  27. Berenice II43–44
  28. Hasdrubal the Fair47–48

Where the people alive in 223 BC were born

The 28 best known of those alive in 223 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (23 of 28 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list