Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 283 BC?

23 of the people we track were surely alive in 283 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. Archimedes2–7
  2. Ashoka21–22
  3. Epicurus59–60
  4. Zeno of Citium49–54
  5. Pyrrhus of Epirus35
  6. Aristarchus of Samos25–30
  7. Seleucus I Nicator75–76
  8. Ptolemy II Philadelphus25
  9. Pharnavaz I43
  10. Apollonius of Rhodes7–13
  11. Qu Yuan60
  12. Ptolemy III Euergetes1
  13. Bindusara37
  14. Antiochus I Soter40–42
  15. Lysimachus70–78
  16. Cleanthes48–49
  17. Aratus30–34
  18. Antiochus II Theos3–4
  19. Arsinoe II33–34
  20. Arcesilaus32
  21. Hiero II of Syracuse25
  22. Strato of Lampsacus50–54
  23. Herophilos52

Where the people alive in 283 BC were born

The 23 best known of those alive in 283 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (22 of 23 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list