Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 236 BC?

32 of the people we track were surely alive in 236 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. Archimedes49–54
  2. Qin Shi Huang23–24
  3. Ashoka68–69
  4. Hannibal11
  5. Eratosthenes40–41
  6. Plautus14–15
  7. Apollonius of Perga24–29
  8. Aristarchus of Samos72–77
  9. Han Fei42–47
  10. Ennius3
  11. Emperor Gaozu of Han20–21
  12. Pharnavaz I90
  13. Apollonius of Rhodes54–60
  14. Antiochus III the Great4–9
  15. Livius Andronicus41–46
  16. Hamilcar Barca39
  17. Chrysippus45–46
  18. Ptolemy III Euergetes48
  19. Ptolemy IV Philopator8
  20. Li Si44
  21. Cleanthes95–96
  22. Gnaeus Naevius39
  23. Seleucus II Callinicus29–30
  24. Masinissa2–3
  25. Philip V of Macedon2–3
  26. Hiero II of Syracuse72
  27. Ctesibius45–50
  28. Attalus I33–34
  29. Hasdrubal Barca9–10
  30. Seleucus III Ceraunus7–8
  31. Berenice II30–31
  32. Hasdrubal the Fair34–35

Where the people alive in 236 BC were born

The 32 best known of those alive in 236 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (26 of 32 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list