Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 229 BC?

31 of the people we track were surely alive in 229 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 229 BC

  1. Archimedes56–61
  2. Qin Shi Huang30–31
  3. Hannibal18
  4. Eratosthenes47–48
  5. Plautus21–22
  6. Cato the Elder3–8
  7. Apollonius of Perga31–36
  8. Scipio Africanus4–9
  9. Ennius10
  10. Emperor Gaozu of Han27–28
  11. Apollonius of Rhodes61–67
  12. Antiochus III the Great11–16
  13. Livius Andronicus48–53
  14. Hamilcar Barca46
  15. Chrysippus52–53
  16. Ptolemy III Euergetes55
  17. Ptolemy IV Philopator15
  18. Li Si51
  19. Gnaeus Naevius46
  20. Seleucus II Callinicus36–37
  21. Masinissa9–10
  22. Philip V of Macedon9–10
  23. Modu Chanyu5–6
  24. Xiang Yu3
  25. Hiero II of Syracuse79
  26. Ctesibius52–57
  27. Attalus I40–41
  28. Hasdrubal Barca16–17
  29. Seleucus III Ceraunus14–15
  30. Berenice II37–38
  31. Hasdrubal the Fair41–42

Where the people alive in 229 BC were born

The 31 best known of those alive in 229 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (24 of 31 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list