Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 231 BC?

31 of the people we track were surely alive in 231 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.

  1. Archimedes54–59
  2. Qin Shi Huang28–29
  3. Hannibal16
  4. Eratosthenes45–46
  5. Plautus19–20
  6. Cato the Elder1–6
  7. Apollonius of Perga29–34
  8. Scipio Africanus2–7
  9. Ennius8
  10. Emperor Gaozu of Han25–26
  11. Apollonius of Rhodes59–65
  12. Antiochus III the Great9–14
  13. Livius Andronicus46–51
  14. Hamilcar Barca44
  15. Chrysippus50–51
  16. Ptolemy III Euergetes53
  17. Ptolemy IV Philopator13
  18. Li Si49
  19. Gnaeus Naevius44
  20. Seleucus II Callinicus34–35
  21. Masinissa7–8
  22. Philip V of Macedon7–8
  23. Modu Chanyu3–4
  24. Xiang Yu1
  25. Hiero II of Syracuse77
  26. Ctesibius50–55
  27. Attalus I38–39
  28. Hasdrubal Barca14–15
  29. Seleucus III Ceraunus12–13
  30. Berenice II35–36
  31. Hasdrubal the Fair39–40

Where the people alive in 231 BC were born

The 31 best known of those alive in 231 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (24 of 31 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list