Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 298 BC?

29 of the people we track were surely alive in 298 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. Ashoka6–7
  2. Epicurus44–45
  3. Chanakya77–78
  4. Mencius72–77
  5. Theophrastus71–76
  6. Zhuang Zhou69–74
  7. Zeno of Citium34–39
  8. Chandragupta Maurya42–43
  9. Pyrrhus of Epirus20
  10. Aristarchus of Samos10–15
  11. Seleucus I Nicator60–61
  12. Ptolemy II Philadelphus10
  13. Pharnavaz I28
  14. Qu Yuan45
  15. Pytheas59–64
  16. Bindusara22
  17. Antiochus I Soter25–27
  18. Lysimachus55–63
  19. Cleanthes33–34
  20. Aratus15–19
  21. Agathocles of Syracuse63
  22. Cassander57
  23. Demetrius of Phalerum52–53
  24. Demetrius I Poliorcetes38–40
  25. Arsinoe II18–19
  26. Arcesilaus17
  27. Hiero II of Syracuse10
  28. Strato of Lampsacus35–39
  29. Herophilos37

Where the people alive in 298 BC were born

The 29 best known of those alive in 298 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (25 of 29 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list