Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 235 BC?

32 of the people we track were surely alive in 235 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. Archimedes50–55
  2. Qin Shi Huang24–25
  3. Ashoka69–70
  4. Hannibal12
  5. Eratosthenes41–42
  6. Plautus15–16
  7. Apollonius of Perga25–30
  8. Aristarchus of Samos73–78
  9. Han Fei43–48
  10. Ennius4
  11. Emperor Gaozu of Han21–22
  12. Pharnavaz I91
  13. Apollonius of Rhodes55–61
  14. Antiochus III the Great5–10
  15. Livius Andronicus42–47
  16. Hamilcar Barca40
  17. Chrysippus46–47
  18. Ptolemy III Euergetes49
  19. Ptolemy IV Philopator9
  20. Li Si45
  21. Cleanthes96–97
  22. Gnaeus Naevius40
  23. Seleucus II Callinicus30–31
  24. Masinissa3–4
  25. Philip V of Macedon3–4
  26. Hiero II of Syracuse73
  27. Ctesibius46–51
  28. Attalus I34–35
  29. Hasdrubal Barca10–11
  30. Seleucus III Ceraunus8–9
  31. Berenice II31–32
  32. Hasdrubal the Fair35–36

Where the people alive in 235 BC were born

The 32 best known of those alive in 235 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (26 of 32 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list