Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 228 BC?

31 of the people we track were surely alive in 228 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 228 BC: Hamilcar Barca.

Events in 228 BC

  1. Archimedes57–62
  2. Qin Shi Huang31–32
  3. Hannibal19
  4. Eratosthenes48–49
  5. Plautus22–23
  6. Cato the Elder4–9
  7. Apollonius of Perga32–37
  8. Scipio Africanus5–10
  9. Ennius11
  10. Emperor Gaozu of Han28–29
  11. Apollonius of Rhodes62–68
  12. Antiochus III the Great12–17
  13. Livius Andronicus49–54
  14. Hamilcar Barca46 or 47 †
  15. Chrysippus53–54
  16. Ptolemy III Euergetes56
  17. Ptolemy IV Philopator16
  18. Li Si52
  19. Gnaeus Naevius47
  20. Seleucus II Callinicus37–38
  21. Masinissa10–11
  22. Philip V of Macedon10–11
  23. Modu Chanyu6–7
  24. Xiang Yu4
  25. Hiero II of Syracuse80
  26. Ctesibius53–58
  27. Attalus I41–42
  28. Hasdrubal Barca17–18
  29. Seleucus III Ceraunus15–16
  30. Berenice II38–39
  31. Hasdrubal the Fair42–43

Where the people alive in 228 BC were born

The 31 best known of those alive in 228 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (24 of 31 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list