Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 268 BC?

24 of the people we track were surely alive in 268 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. Archimedes17–22
  2. Ashoka36–37
  3. Eratosthenes8–9
  4. Zeno of Citium64–69
  5. Aristarchus of Samos40–45
  6. Han Fei10–15
  7. Ptolemy II Philadelphus40
  8. Pharnavaz I58
  9. Apollonius of Rhodes22–28
  10. Livius Andronicus9–14
  11. Hamilcar Barca7
  12. Chrysippus13–14
  13. Ptolemy III Euergetes16
  14. Antiochus I Soter55–57
  15. Li Si12
  16. Cleanthes63–64
  17. Aratus45–49
  18. Antiochus II Theos18–19
  19. Gnaeus Naevius7
  20. Arcesilaus47
  21. Hiero II of Syracuse40
  22. Ctesibius13–18
  23. Attalus I1–2
  24. Hasdrubal the Fair2–3

Where the people alive in 268 BC were born

The 24 best known of those alive in 268 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (23 of 24 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list