Aristarchus of Samothrace
216 BC–143 BC
Greek grammarian and scholar (c.220–c.143 BC)
writer · librarian · critic
Born in Samothrace
Contemporaries
People who walked the earth at the same time as Aristarchus of Samothrace:
- Hannibal (246 BC–182 BC)
- Eratosthenes (275 BC–193 BC)
- Cato the Elder (233 BC–148 BC)
- Plautus (249 BC–183 BC)
- Terence (184 BC–158 BC)
- Polybius (199 BC–119 BC)
- Archimedes (286 BC–211 BC)
- Qin Shi Huang (258 BC–209 BC)