First Punic War 263 BC–240 BC

Belligerents: Roman Republic, Ancient Carthage, tyrant of Syracuse

Who lived through the First Punic War

Well-known people alive during 263 BC–240 BC:

• Archimedes (286 BC–211 BC) — Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
• Qin Shi Huang (258 BC–209 BC) — first emperor of Qin Dynasty
• Ashoka (303 BC–231 BC) — Mauryan emperor from 268 to 232 BCE
• Eratosthenes (275 BC–193 BC) — Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist
• Aristarchus of Samos (309 BC–229 BC) — Greek astronomer and mathematician (c.310–c.230 BC)
• Apollonius of Perga (261 BC–189 BC) — ancient Greek geometer and astronomer noted for his writings on conic sections
• Han Fei (279 BC–232 BC) — Chinese Legalist, 280–233 BCE
• Emperor Gaozu of Han (255 BC–194 BC) — founding emperor of the Han dynasty (256–195 BC)
• Ptolemy II Philadelphus (307 BC–245 BC) — king of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt (308–246 B.C.)
• Xunzi (312 BC–230 BC) — Chinese Confucian philosopher (c. 310 – after 238 BCE)
• Pharnavaz I of Iberia (325 BC–233 BC) — king of Iberia and Colchis
• Callimachus (305 BC–239 BC) — 3rd-century BC Greek poet, scholar and librarian
• Apollonius of Rhodes (294 BC–214 BC) — 3rd century BC Greek epic poet
• Livius Andronicus (279 BC–199 BC) — 3rd-century BC Greco-Roman dramatist and epic poet
• Hamilcar Barca (274 BC–227 BC) — Carthaginian general
• Ptolemy III Euergetes (283 BC–221 BC) — Egyptian pharaoh
• Chrysippus of Soli (280 BC–207 BC) — Greek Stoic philosopher (c.279–c.206 BC)
• Li Si (279 BC–207 BC) — Chinese politician of the Qin Dynasty
• Cleanthes (330 BC–231 BC) — Greek Stoic philosopher and boxer (3rd-century BC)
• Antiochus II Theos (285 BC–246 BC) — king of Seleucid Empire from 261 BC to 246 BC
• Aratus (314 BC–239 BC) — Greek didactic poet (c. 315/310–240 BC)
• Gnaeus Naevius (274 BC–200 BC) — ancient Roman dramatist
• Seleucus II Callinicus (264 BC–224 BC) — ruler of the Seleucid Empire from 246 BC to 225 BC
• Arcesilaus (314 BC–239 BC) — 3rd-century BC Greek Hellenistic philosopher
• Hiero II of Syracuse (307 BC–214 BC) — 3rd-century BC Sicilian Greek ruler

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