Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 293 BC?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in 293 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. Ashoka11–12
  2. Epicurus49–50
  3. Chanakya82–83
  4. Mencius77–82
  5. Theophrastus76–81
  6. Zhuang Zhou74–79
  7. Zeno of Citium39–44
  8. Pyrrhus of Epirus25
  9. Aristarchus of Samos15–20
  10. Seleucus I Nicator65–66
  11. Ptolemy II Philadelphus15
  12. Pharnavaz I33
  13. Qu Yuan50
  14. Pytheas64–69
  15. Bindusara27
  16. Antiochus I Soter30–32
  17. Lysimachus60–68
  18. Cleanthes38–39
  19. Aratus20–24
  20. Agathocles of Syracuse68
  21. Demetrius of Phalerum57–58
  22. Demetrius I Poliorcetes43–45
  23. Arsinoe II23–24
  24. Arcesilaus22
  25. Hiero II of Syracuse15
  26. Strato of Lampsacus40–44
  27. Herophilos42

Where the people alive in 293 BC were born

The 27 best known of those alive in 293 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (24 of 27 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list