Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 233 BC?

32 of the people we track were surely alive in 233 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. Archimedes52–57
  2. Qin Shi Huang26–27
  3. Ashoka71–72
  4. Hannibal14
  5. Eratosthenes43–44
  6. Plautus17–18
  7. Apollonius of Perga27–32
  8. Scipio Africanus0–5
  9. Aristarchus of Samos75–80
  10. Ennius6
  11. Emperor Gaozu of Han23–24
  12. Apollonius of Rhodes57–63
  13. Antiochus III the Great7–12
  14. Livius Andronicus44–49
  15. Hamilcar Barca42
  16. Chrysippus48–49
  17. Ptolemy III Euergetes51
  18. Ptolemy IV Philopator11
  19. Li Si47
  20. Cleanthes98–99
  21. Gnaeus Naevius42
  22. Seleucus II Callinicus32–33
  23. Masinissa5–6
  24. Philip V of Macedon5–6
  25. Modu Chanyu1–2
  26. Hiero II of Syracuse75
  27. Ctesibius48–53
  28. Attalus I36–37
  29. Hasdrubal Barca12–13
  30. Seleucus III Ceraunus10–11
  31. Berenice II33–34
  32. Hasdrubal the Fair37–38

Where the people alive in 233 BC were born

The 32 best known of those alive in 233 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (25 of 32 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list