the ledger of connections
The Connections of Eratosthenes
Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist Every person recorded alongside Eratosthenes in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Eratosthenes in the ledgers of the archive.
- Teachers
- Zeno of Citium, Callimachus, Ariston of Chios, Arcesilaus, Lysanias of Cyrene
- Students
- Ptolemy IV Philopator
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 276 BCE to 194 BCE.
Ancient era
Epicurus
342 BCE – 270 BCE
Ancient Greek philosopher
Ancient era
Zeno of Citium
334 BCE – 263 BCE
Greek philosopher, founder of Stoicism
Ancient era
Euclid
b. c. 333 BCE
Ancient Greek mathematician (fl. 300 BC)
Ancient era
Archimedes
287 BCE – 212 BCE
Greatest mathematician of antiquity, pioneer of mechanics and hydrostatics
Ancient era
Hannibal
247 BCE – 183 BCE
Carthaginian general (247–183/181 BC)
Ancient era
Scipio Africanus
235 BCE – 183 BCE
Roman general and politician (236/235–183 BC)
Ancient era
Qin Shi Huang
259 BCE – 210 BCE
First Emperor of unified China, builder of the Great Wall's foundation
Ancient era
Liu Bang
256 BCE – 195 BCE
Founding emperor of the Han dynasty (256–195 BC)
Ancient era
Ashoka
304 BCE – 232 BCE
Mauryan emperor who renounced conquest and spread Buddhist values
Ancient era
Manetho
b. c. 201 BCE
3rd-century BC Egyptian historian and priest
Ancient era
Arsinoe II
316 BCE – 270 BCE
Ptolemaic Greek Princess of Ancient Egypt and Queen of Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedonia
Ancient era
Mithridates I of Parthia
195 BCE – 132 BCE
King of Parthian Empire from 165 to 132 BC