Sima Tan

164 BC–109 BC

Chinese astrologer and historian (c. 165–110 BCE)

writer · astrologer · historian

Born in Hejin

Contemporaries

People who walked the earth at the same time as Sima Tan:

• Sima Qian (144 BC–85 BC)
• Cato the Elder (233 BC–148 BC)
• Polybius (199 BC–119 BC)
• Terence (184 BC–158 BC)

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