Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 226 BC?

30 of the people we track were surely alive in 226 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 226 BC

  1. Archimedes59–64
  2. Qin Shi Huang33–34
  3. Hannibal21
  4. Eratosthenes50–51
  5. Plautus24–25
  6. Cato the Elder6–11
  7. Apollonius of Perga34–39
  8. Scipio Africanus7–12
  9. Ennius13
  10. Emperor Gaozu of Han30–31
  11. Apollonius of Rhodes64–70
  12. Antiochus III the Great14–19
  13. Livius Andronicus51–56
  14. Chrysippus55–56
  15. Ptolemy III Euergetes58
  16. Ptolemy IV Philopator18
  17. Li Si54
  18. Gnaeus Naevius49
  19. Seleucus II Callinicus39–40
  20. Masinissa12–13
  21. Philip V of Macedon12–13
  22. Modu Chanyu8–9
  23. Xiang Yu6
  24. Hiero II of Syracuse82
  25. Ctesibius55–60
  26. Attalus I43–44
  27. Hasdrubal Barca19–20
  28. Seleucus III Ceraunus17–18
  29. Berenice II40–41
  30. Hasdrubal the Fair44–45

Where the people alive in 226 BC were born

The 30 best known of those alive in 226 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (23 of 30 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list