Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 230 BC?

31 of the people we track were surely alive in 230 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 230 BC

  1. Archimedes55–60
  2. Qin Shi Huang29–30
  3. Hannibal17
  4. Eratosthenes46–47
  5. Plautus20–21
  6. Cato the Elder2–7
  7. Apollonius of Perga30–35
  8. Scipio Africanus3–8
  9. Ennius9
  10. Emperor Gaozu of Han26–27
  11. Apollonius of Rhodes60–66
  12. Antiochus III the Great10–15
  13. Livius Andronicus47–52
  14. Hamilcar Barca45
  15. Chrysippus51–52
  16. Ptolemy III Euergetes54
  17. Ptolemy IV Philopator14
  18. Li Si50
  19. Gnaeus Naevius45
  20. Seleucus II Callinicus35–36
  21. Masinissa8–9
  22. Philip V of Macedon8–9
  23. Modu Chanyu4–5
  24. Xiang Yu2
  25. Hiero II of Syracuse78
  26. Ctesibius51–56
  27. Attalus I39–40
  28. Hasdrubal Barca15–16
  29. Seleucus III Ceraunus13–14
  30. Berenice II36–37
  31. Hasdrubal the Fair40–41

Where the people alive in 230 BC were born

The 31 best known of those alive in 230 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (24 of 31 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list