Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 317 BC?

32 of the people we track were surely alive in 317 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 317 BC: Philip III of Macedon.

  1. Epicurus25–26
  2. Chanakya58–59
  3. Mencius53–58
  4. Theophrastus52–57
  5. Zhuang Zhou50–55
  6. Zeno of Citium15–20
  7. Chandragupta Maurya23–24
  8. Pyrrhus of Epirus1
  9. Seleucus I Nicator41–42
  10. Pharnavaz I9
  11. Qu Yuan26
  12. Pytheas40–45
  13. Roxana28–30
  14. Apelles53
  15. Alexander IV of Macedon6
  16. Bindusara3
  17. Xenocrates79
  18. Olympias56–60
  19. Antigonus I Monophthalmus65–66
  20. Antiochus I Soter6–8
  21. Lysippos71–76
  22. Lysimachus36–44
  23. Cleanthes14–15
  24. Philip III of Macedon41 or 42 †
  25. Aristoxenus41–46
  26. Agathocles of Syracuse44
  27. Cassander38
  28. Demetrius of Phalerum33–34
  29. Demetrius I Poliorcetes19–21
  30. Strato of Lampsacus16–20
  31. Herophilos18
  32. Nearchus39

Where the people alive in 317 BC were born

The 32 best known of those alive in 317 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (27 of 32 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list