Second Punic War 217 BC–200 BC

Belligerents: Scipio Africanus, Roman Republic, Syracuse, Pergamon, Hannibal, Macedonia, Kingdom of Numidia, Iberians

Who lived through the Second Punic War

Well-known people alive during 217 BC–200 BC:

• Qin Shi Huang (258 BC–209 BC) — first emperor of Qin Dynasty
• 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)
• 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)
• Livius Andronicus (279 BC–199 BC) — 3rd-century BC Greco-Roman dramatist and epic poet
• Chrysippus of Soli (280 BC–207 BC) — Greek Stoic philosopher (c.279–c.206 BC)
• 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)
• Ptolemy IV Philopator (243 BC–203 BC) — 4th Pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt (r. 221–204 BC)
• Li Si (279 BC–207 BC) — Chinese politician of the Qin Dynasty
• Gnaeus Naevius (274 BC–200 BC) — ancient Roman dramatist
• 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
• Arsinoe III of Egypt (245 BC–203 BC) — queen of Egypt from 220 BC to 204 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
• Xiang Yu (231 BC–201 BC) — Chinese military leader
• Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (227 BC–159 BC) — Roman general and statesman (c. 229 – 160 BC)

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