Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 279 BC?

23 of the people we track were surely alive in 279 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. Archimedes6–11
  2. Ashoka25–26
  3. Epicurus63–64
  4. Zeno of Citium53–58
  5. Pyrrhus of Epirus39
  6. Aristarchus of Samos29–34
  7. Ptolemy II Philadelphus29
  8. Pharnavaz I47
  9. Apollonius of Rhodes11–17
  10. Qu Yuan64
  11. Chrysippus2–3
  12. Ptolemy III Euergetes5
  13. Bindusara41
  14. Antiochus I Soter44–46
  15. Li Si1
  16. Cleanthes52–53
  17. Aratus34–38
  18. Antiochus II Theos7–8
  19. Arsinoe II37–38
  20. Arcesilaus36
  21. Hiero II of Syracuse29
  22. Ctesibius2–7
  23. Strato of Lampsacus54–58

Where the people alive in 279 BC were born

The 23 best known of those alive in 279 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (22 of 23 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list