Hannibal · Cato the Elder Were Hannibal and Cato the Elder alive at the same time? Yes. Hannibal and Cato the Elder were alive at the same time, from c. 234 BC to 183 BC. HannibalCarthaginian generalBorn 247 BC · died 183 BC, aged 63 or 64Cato the ElderRoman politician, soldier and writerBorn c. 234 BC · died 149 BC AshokaArchimedesEratosthenesQin Shi HuangPlautusHannibalCato the Elder Hannibal 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.