Who Was Alive

Were Ashoka and Plautus alive at the same time?

Yes. Ashoka and Plautus were alive at the same time for 17 or 18 years, from 250 BC to 232 BC.

Plautus was 17 or 18 when Ashoka died.

Ashoka

Mauryan emperor from 268 to 232 BCE

Born 304 BC · died 232 BC

Plautus

Roman comic playwright

Born 250 BC · died 184 BC

  1. Chanakya
  2. Epicurus
  3. Ashoka
  4. Archimedes
  5. Eratosthenes
  6. Qin Shi Huang
  7. Plautus
  8. Hannibal
Ashoka and Plautus 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.