Who Was Alive

Zeno of Citium

Greek philosopher, founder of Stoicism

Born c. 334 BC · died 263 BC

Who was alive at the same time as Zeno of Citium?

  1. Diogenes of Sinope
  2. Aristotle
  3. Demosthenes
  4. Chanakya
  5. Mencius
  6. Theophrastus
  7. Zhuang Zhou
  8. Alexander the Great
  9. Epicurus
  10. Zeno of Citium
  11. Ashoka
  12. Archimedes
  13. Eratosthenes
Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Zeno of Citium died, Eratosthenes was 12 or 13.

Born during Zeno of Citium’s lifetime: Archimedes, Ashoka and Eratosthenes.

Not quite contemporaries: Qin Shi Huang was born 3 years after Zeno of Citium died and Plautus was born 12 years after Zeno of Citium died.

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