Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 312 BC?

32 of the people we track were surely alive in 312 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. Epicurus30–31
  2. Chanakya63–64
  3. Mencius58–63
  4. Theophrastus57–62
  5. Zhuang Zhou55–60
  6. Zeno of Citium20–25
  7. Chandragupta Maurya28–29
  8. Pyrrhus of Epirus6
  9. Seleucus I Nicator46–47
  10. Pharnavaz I14
  11. Qu Yuan31
  12. Pytheas45–50
  13. Roxana33–35
  14. Apelles58
  15. Alexander IV of Macedon11
  16. Bindusara8
  17. Antigonus I Monophthalmus70–71
  18. Antiochus I Soter11–13
  19. Lysippos76–81
  20. Lysimachus41–49
  21. Cleanthes19–20
  22. Aratus1–5
  23. Aristoxenus46–51
  24. Agathocles of Syracuse49
  25. Cassander43
  26. Demetrius of Phalerum38–39
  27. Demetrius I Poliorcetes24–26
  28. Arsinoe II4–5
  29. Arcesilaus3
  30. Strato of Lampsacus21–25
  31. Herophilos23
  32. Nearchus44

Where the people alive in 312 BC were born

The 32 best known of those alive in 312 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (28 of 32 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list