Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 290 BC?

25 of the people we track were surely alive in 290 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. Ashoka14–15
  2. Epicurus52–53
  3. Chanakya85–86
  4. Theophrastus79–84
  5. Zeno of Citium42–47
  6. Pyrrhus of Epirus28
  7. Aristarchus of Samos18–23
  8. Seleucus I Nicator68–69
  9. Ptolemy II Philadelphus18
  10. Pharnavaz I36
  11. Apollonius of Rhodes0–6
  12. Qu Yuan53
  13. Bindusara30
  14. Antiochus I Soter33–35
  15. Lysimachus63–71
  16. Cleanthes41–42
  17. Aratus23–27
  18. Agathocles of Syracuse71
  19. Demetrius of Phalerum60–61
  20. Demetrius I Poliorcetes46–48
  21. Arsinoe II26–27
  22. Arcesilaus25
  23. Hiero II of Syracuse18
  24. Strato of Lampsacus43–47
  25. Herophilos45

Where the people alive in 290 BC were born

The 25 best known of those alive in 290 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (23 of 25 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list