Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 227 BC?

30 of the people we track were surely alive in 227 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 227 BC

  1. Archimedes58–63
  2. Qin Shi Huang32–33
  3. Hannibal20
  4. Eratosthenes49–50
  5. Plautus23–24
  6. Cato the Elder5–10
  7. Apollonius of Perga33–38
  8. Scipio Africanus6–11
  9. Ennius12
  10. Emperor Gaozu of Han29–30
  11. Apollonius of Rhodes63–69
  12. Antiochus III the Great13–18
  13. Livius Andronicus50–55
  14. Chrysippus54–55
  15. Ptolemy III Euergetes57
  16. Ptolemy IV Philopator17
  17. Li Si53
  18. Gnaeus Naevius48
  19. Seleucus II Callinicus38–39
  20. Masinissa11–12
  21. Philip V of Macedon11–12
  22. Modu Chanyu7–8
  23. Xiang Yu5
  24. Hiero II of Syracuse81
  25. Ctesibius54–59
  26. Attalus I42–43
  27. Hasdrubal Barca18–19
  28. Seleucus III Ceraunus16–17
  29. Berenice II39–40
  30. Hasdrubal the Fair43–44

Where the people alive in 227 BC were born

The 30 best known of those alive in 227 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (23 of 30 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list