Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 265 BC?

26 of the people we track were surely alive in 265 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. Archimedes20–25
  2. Ashoka39–40
  3. Eratosthenes11–12
  4. Zeno of Citium67–72
  5. Aristarchus of Samos43–48
  6. Han Fei13–18
  7. Ptolemy II Philadelphus43
  8. Pharnavaz I61
  9. Apollonius of Rhodes25–31
  10. Livius Andronicus12–17
  11. Hamilcar Barca10
  12. Chrysippus16–17
  13. Ptolemy III Euergetes19
  14. Antiochus I Soter58–60
  15. Li Si15
  16. Cleanthes66–67
  17. Aratus48–52
  18. Antiochus II Theos21–22
  19. Gnaeus Naevius10
  20. Seleucus II Callinicus0–1
  21. Arcesilaus50
  22. Hiero II of Syracuse43
  23. Ctesibius16–21
  24. Attalus I4–5
  25. Berenice II1–2
  26. Hasdrubal the Fair5–6

Where the people alive in 265 BC were born

The 26 best known of those alive in 265 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (24 of 26 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list