Who was alive in the 3rd century BCE

12 people and 6 events and eras

Events and eras

• Zhou Dynasty 1046–256 BCE
• Axial Age c. 800–c. 200 BCE
• Classical Antiquity c. 800 BCE–c. 500 CE
• Roman Republic 509–27 BCE
• Hellenistic Period 323–31 BCE
• Han Dynasty 202 BCE–220 CE

People

• Chanakya c. 375–c. 283 BCE, political thinker
• Mencius c. 372–c. 289 BCE, philosopher
• Zhuang Zhou c. 369–c. 286 BCE, philosopher
• Pytheas c. 350–c. 285 BCE, explorer
• Epicurus 341–270 BCE, philosopher
• Zeno of Citium c. 334–c. 262 BCE, philosopher
• Euclid c. 325–c. 270 BCE, mathematician
• Ashoka c. 304–232 BCE, emperor
• Archimedes c. 287–212 BCE, mathematician
• Eratosthenes c. 276–c. 194 BCE, mathematician
• Qin Shi Huang 259–210 BCE, emperor
• Hannibal 247–c. 183 BCE, general