Who was alive in 334 BC?
35 of the people we track were surely alive in 334 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.
Events in 334 BC
- Alexander’s conquests 336 BC–323 BC
Aristotle50–51
Alexander the Great22
Epicurus8–9
Chanakya41–42
Diogenes64–69
Demosthenes50
Mencius36–41
Theophrastus35–40
Zhuang Zhou33–38Chandragupta Maurya6–7
Darius III46–47Seleucus I Nicator24–25
Qu Yuan9
Pytheas23–28
Roxana11–13Praxiteles59–64
Apelles36
Xenocrates62Olympias39–43
- Antigonus I Monophthalmus48–49
Lysippos54–59Lysimachus19–27
Aeschines54–59
Philip III of Macedon25
Antipater63
Aristoxenus24–29
Agathocles of Syracuse27
Cassander21
Demetrius of Phalerum16–17
Demetrius I Poliorcetes2–4
Perdiccas31- Ephorus64–69
Hephaestion22–23
Herophilos1
Nearchus22
Where the people alive in 334 BC were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Aristotle: Stageira
- Alexander the Great: Pella
- Epicurus: Samos
- Chanakya: Taxila
- Diogenes: Sinope
- Demosthenes: Upper Paiania
- Theophrastus: Eresos
- Zhuang Zhou: Shangqiu
- Chandragupta Maurya: Pataliputra
- Darius III: Persis
- Seleucus I Nicator: Europos
- Qu Yuan: Zigui County
- Pytheas: Massalia
- Roxana: Bactria
- Praxiteles: Athens
- Apelles: Colophon
- Xenocrates: Chalcedon
- Olympias: Passaron
- Antigonus I Monophthalmus: Elimiotis
- Lysippos: Sicyon
- Lysimachus: Pella
- Aeschines: Athens
- Aristoxenus: Taras
- Agathocles of Syracuse: Himera
- Demetrius of Phalerum: Phaleron
- Perdiccas: Orestis
- Ephorus: Cyme
- Hephaestion: Pella
- Herophilos: Chalcedon
- Nearchus: Lato