Archimedes · Cato the Elder Were Archimedes and Cato the Elder alive at the same time? Yes. Archimedes and Cato the Elder were alive at the same time, from c. 234 BC to 212 BC. ArchimedesGreek mathematician and physicistBorn c. 287 BC · died 212 BCCato the ElderRoman politician, soldier and writerBorn c. 234 BC · died 149 BC ChanakyaEpicurusAshokaArchimedesEratosthenesQin Shi HuangPlautusHannibalCato the Elder Archimedes and Cato the Elder in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.