Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 292 BC?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in 292 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. Ashoka12–13
  2. Epicurus50–51
  3. Chanakya83–84
  4. Mencius78–83
  5. Theophrastus77–82
  6. Zhuang Zhou75–80
  7. Zeno of Citium40–45
  8. Pyrrhus of Epirus26
  9. Aristarchus of Samos16–21
  10. Seleucus I Nicator66–67
  11. Ptolemy II Philadelphus16
  12. Pharnavaz I34
  13. Qu Yuan51
  14. Pytheas65–70
  15. Bindusara28
  16. Antiochus I Soter31–33
  17. Lysimachus61–69
  18. Cleanthes39–40
  19. Aratus21–25
  20. Agathocles of Syracuse69
  21. Demetrius of Phalerum58–59
  22. Demetrius I Poliorcetes44–46
  23. Arsinoe II24–25
  24. Arcesilaus23
  25. Hiero II of Syracuse16
  26. Strato of Lampsacus41–45
  27. Herophilos43

Where the people alive in 292 BC were born

The 27 best known of those alive in 292 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (24 of 27 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list