Nicander

249 BC–169 BC

2nd century BC Greek scientist and poet

writer · poet · physician

Born in Colophon

Contemporaries

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

• Archimedes (286 BC–211 BC)
• Qin Shi Huang (258 BC–209 BC)
• Ashoka (303 BC–231 BC)
• 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)

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