Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 285 BC?

25 of the people we track were surely alive in 285 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. Archimedes0–5
  2. Ashoka19–20
  3. Epicurus57–58
  4. Chanakya90–91
  5. Zeno of Citium47–52
  6. Pyrrhus of Epirus33
  7. Aristarchus of Samos23–28
  8. Seleucus I Nicator73–74
  9. Ptolemy II Philadelphus23
  10. Pharnavaz I41
  11. Apollonius of Rhodes5–11
  12. Qu Yuan58
  13. Bindusara35
  14. Antiochus I Soter38–40
  15. Lysimachus68–76
  16. Cleanthes46–47
  17. Aratus28–32
  18. Antiochus II Theos1–2
  19. Demetrius of Phalerum65–66
  20. Demetrius I Poliorcetes51–53
  21. Arsinoe II31–32
  22. Arcesilaus30
  23. Hiero II of Syracuse23
  24. Strato of Lampsacus48–52
  25. Herophilos50

Where the people alive in 285 BC were born

The 25 best known of those alive in 285 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (23 of 25 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list