Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 299 BC?

29 of the people we track were surely alive in 299 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. Ashoka5–6
  2. Epicurus43–44
  3. Chanakya76–77
  4. Mencius71–76
  5. Theophrastus70–75
  6. Zhuang Zhou68–73
  7. Zeno of Citium33–38
  8. Chandragupta Maurya41–42
  9. Pyrrhus of Epirus19
  10. Aristarchus of Samos9–14
  11. Seleucus I Nicator59–60
  12. Ptolemy II Philadelphus9
  13. Pharnavaz I27
  14. Qu Yuan44
  15. Pytheas58–63
  16. Bindusara21
  17. Antiochus I Soter24–26
  18. Lysimachus54–62
  19. Cleanthes32–33
  20. Aratus14–18
  21. Agathocles of Syracuse62
  22. Cassander56
  23. Demetrius of Phalerum51–52
  24. Demetrius I Poliorcetes37–39
  25. Arsinoe II17–18
  26. Arcesilaus16
  27. Hiero II of Syracuse9
  28. Strato of Lampsacus34–38
  29. Herophilos36

Where the people alive in 299 BC were born

The 29 best known of those alive in 299 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (25 of 29 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list