Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 269 BC?

24 of the people we track were surely alive in 269 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. Archimedes16–21
  2. Ashoka35–36
  3. Eratosthenes7–8
  4. Zeno of Citium63–68
  5. Aristarchus of Samos39–44
  6. Han Fei9–14
  7. Ptolemy II Philadelphus39
  8. Pharnavaz I57
  9. Apollonius of Rhodes21–27
  10. Livius Andronicus8–13
  11. Hamilcar Barca6
  12. Chrysippus12–13
  13. Ptolemy III Euergetes15
  14. Antiochus I Soter54–56
  15. Li Si11
  16. Cleanthes62–63
  17. Aratus44–48
  18. Antiochus II Theos17–18
  19. Gnaeus Naevius6
  20. Arcesilaus46
  21. Hiero II of Syracuse39
  22. Ctesibius12–17
  23. Attalus I0–1
  24. Hasdrubal the Fair1–2

Where the people alive in 269 BC were born

The 24 best known of those alive in 269 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (23 of 24 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list