Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 297 BC?

29 of the people we track were surely alive in 297 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.

Died in 297 BC: Chandragupta Maurya.

  1. Ashoka7–8
  2. Epicurus45–46
  3. Chanakya78–79
  4. Mencius73–78
  5. Theophrastus72–77
  6. Zhuang Zhou70–75
  7. Zeno of Citium35–40
  8. Chandragupta Maurya†
  9. Pyrrhus of Epirus21
  10. Aristarchus of Samos11–16
  11. Seleucus I Nicator61–62
  12. Ptolemy II Philadelphus11
  13. Pharnavaz I29
  14. Qu Yuan46
  15. Pytheas60–65
  16. Bindusara23
  17. Antiochus I Soter26–28
  18. Lysimachus56–64
  19. Cleanthes34–35
  20. Aratus16–20
  21. Agathocles of Syracuse64
  22. Cassander58
  23. Demetrius of Phalerum53–54
  24. Demetrius I Poliorcetes39–41
  25. Arsinoe II19–20
  26. Arcesilaus18
  27. Hiero II of Syracuse11
  28. Strato of Lampsacus36–40
  29. Herophilos38

Where the people alive in 297 BC were born

The 29 best known of those alive in 297 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (25 of 29 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list