Second Macedonian War 199 BC–196 BC

Belligerents: Rhodes, Macedonia, Aetolian League, Attalid dynasty, Ancient Rome, Classical Athens, Kingdom of Dardania

Who lived through the Second Macedonian War

Well-known people alive during 199 BC–196 BC:

• Hannibal (246 BC–182 BC) — Carthaginian general (247–183/181 BC)
• Eratosthenes (275 BC–193 BC) — Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist
• Cato the Elder (233 BC–148 BC) — Roman politician, soldier and writer (234–149 BC)
• Plautus (249 BC–183 BC) — Roman comic playwright (c. 254 – 184 BC)
• Polybius (199 BC–119 BC) — ancient Greek historian
• Apollonius of Perga (261 BC–189 BC) — ancient Greek geometer and astronomer noted for his writings on conic sections
• Scipio Africanus (234 BC–182 BC) — Roman general and politician (236/235–183 BC)
• Ennius (238 BC–168 BC) — Roman writer and poet (c. 239 – c. 169 BC)
• Emperor Gaozu of Han (255 BC–194 BC) — founding emperor of the Han dynasty (256–195 BC)
• Antiochus III the Great (241 BC–186 BC) — sixth Seleucid emperor (223–187 BC)
• Manetho (201 BC–) — 3rd-century BC Egyptian historian and priest
• Ptolemy V Epiphanes (209 BC–179 BC) — fifth ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt (209–179 B.C.)
• Antiochus IV Epiphanes (214 BC–163 BC) — king of the Seleucid Empire (175–164 BC)
• Kanada (200 BC–160 BC) — Vedic sage and founder of Deepak school of Hindu philosophy
• Cleopatra I Syra (203 BC–177 BC) — queen of Ptolemaic Egypt
• Carneades (212 BC–128 BC) — ancient Greek philosopher
• Massinissa (237 BC–148 BC) — first king of Numidia from 202 BC to 148 BC
• Perseus of Macedon (211 BC–165 BC) — King of Macedonia from 179 to 168 BC
• Philip V of Macedon (237 BC–178 BC) — king of Macedon
• Modu Chanyu (233 BC–173 BC) — Chanyu of the Xiongnu Empire from 209 to 174 BCE
• Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (227 BC–159 BC) — Roman general and statesman (c. 229 – 160 BC)
• Seleucus IV Philopator (216 BC–174 BC) — 2nd-century BC Hellenistic king in the Near East
• Attalus I (268 BC–196 BC) — King of Pergamon, reigned 241–197 BC
• Zhang Qian (199 BC–113 BC) — imperial envoy to the world outside of China in the 2nd century BC
• Eumenes II (220 BC–158 BC) — King of Pergamon from 197 to 159 BC

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