Who was alive in 315 BC?
32 of the people we track were surely alive in 315 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.
Born in 315 BC: Arcesilaus.
Epicurus27–28
Chanakya60–61
Mencius55–60
Theophrastus54–59
Zhuang Zhou52–57
Zeno of Citium17–22Chandragupta Maurya25–26
Pyrrhus of Epirus3
Seleucus I Nicator43–44
Pharnavaz I11
Qu Yuan28
Pytheas42–47
Roxana30–32Apelles55
Alexander IV of Macedon8
Bindusara5
Xenocrates81- Antigonus I Monophthalmus67–68
Antiochus I Soter8–10
Lysippos73–78Lysimachus38–46
Cleanthes16–17
Aristoxenus43–48
Agathocles of Syracuse46
Cassander40
Demetrius of Phalerum35–36
Demetrius I Poliorcetes21–23
Arsinoe II1–2
Arcesilausborn
Strato of Lampsacus18–22
Herophilos20
Nearchus41
Where the people alive in 315 BC were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Epicurus: Samos
- Chanakya: Taxila
- Theophrastus: Eresos
- Zhuang Zhou: Shangqiu
- Zeno of Citium: Kition
- Chandragupta Maurya: Pataliputra
- Seleucus I Nicator: Europos
- Pharnavaz I: Mtskheta
- Qu Yuan: Zigui County
- Pytheas: Massalia
- Roxana: Bactria
- Apelles: Colophon
- Alexander IV of Macedon: Babylon
- Bindusara: Patna
- Xenocrates: Chalcedon
- Antigonus I Monophthalmus: Elimiotis
- Antiochus I Soter: Macedonia
- Lysippos: Sicyon
- Lysimachus: Pella
- Cleanthes: Assos
- Aristoxenus: Taras
- Agathocles of Syracuse: Himera
- Demetrius of Phalerum: Phaleron
- Arsinoe II: Memphis
- Arcesilaus: Pitane
- Strato of Lampsacus: Lampsacus
- Herophilos: Chalcedon
- Nearchus: Lato