Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 316 BC?

32 of the people we track were surely alive in 316 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 316 BC: Olympias.

  1. Epicurus26–27
  2. Chanakya59–60
  3. Mencius54–59
  4. Theophrastus53–58
  5. Zhuang Zhou51–56
  6. Zeno of Citium16–21
  7. Chandragupta Maurya24–25
  8. Pyrrhus of Epirus2
  9. Seleucus I Nicator42–43
  10. Pharnavaz I10
  11. Qu Yuan27
  12. Pytheas41–46
  13. Roxana29–31
  14. Apelles54
  15. Alexander IV of Macedon7
  16. Bindusara4
  17. Xenocrates80
  18. Olympias†
  19. Antigonus I Monophthalmus66–67
  20. Antiochus I Soter7–9
  21. Lysippos72–77
  22. Lysimachus37–45
  23. Cleanthes15–16
  24. Aristoxenus42–47
  25. Agathocles of Syracuse45
  26. Cassander39
  27. Demetrius of Phalerum34–35
  28. Demetrius I Poliorcetes20–22
  29. Arsinoe II0–1
  30. Strato of Lampsacus17–21
  31. Herophilos19
  32. Nearchus40

Where the people alive in 316 BC were born

The 32 best known of those alive in 316 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (28 of 32 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list