Hipparchus

189 BC–119 BC

2nd century Greek astronomer, geographer and mathematician

astronomer · mathematician · geographer

Born in Nicaea

Contemporaries

People who walked the earth at the same time as Hipparchus:

• Sima Qian (144 BC–85 BC)
• Cato the Elder (233 BC–148 BC)
• Terence (184 BC–158 BC)
• Polybius (199 BC–119 BC)
• Hannibal (246 BC–182 BC)
• Plautus (249 BC–183 BC)

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