# Think of a figure who lived BCE **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 20, 2016, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-figure-who-lived-bce/760404 "2016-07-20T07:25:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Paxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@Paxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paxx)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-figure-who-lived-bce/760404/101 "2016-07-21T17:41:34Z")
Aristotle. Then Alexander, then Julius Caesar. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-figure-who-lived-bce/760404/102 "2016-07-21T17:47:30Z")
Leonidas ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-figure-who-lived-bce/760404/103 "2016-07-21T17:58:09Z")
Lucy ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-figure-who-lived-bce/760404/104 "2016-07-21T22:51:54Z")
One more for King Tut. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-figure-who-lived-bce/760404/105 "2016-07-21T23:13:21Z")
> [@Flyer](#): > > Moses. > > I’m a little surprised nobody else thought of him–he’s such an incredibly influential figure. That was the first name that popped in my head too. But then I wondered if he was real or just a mythical figure. The next was Tut. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-figure-who-lived-bce/760404/106 "2016-07-21T23:22:13Z")
Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes, Artaxerxes. In that order. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-figure-who-lived-bce/760404/107 "2016-07-22T00:39:09Z")
Plato, Socrates Aristotle. Alexander the Great. I did a mental check… Julius Ceaser died AD or BCE? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-figure-who-lived-bce/760404/108 "2016-07-22T01:05:08Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > Julius Ceaser died AD or BCE? Caesar: 100 BC to 44 BC (another one I can do without looking it up. 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-figure-who-lived-bce/760404/109 "2016-07-22T01:33:07Z")
I first thought of Socrates. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-figure-who-lived-bce/760404/110 "2016-07-22T06:50:44Z")
Cheops ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-figure-who-lived-bce/760404/111 "2016-07-22T14:21:16Z")
Elijah was a prophet and a wonder-worker who operated in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of Ahab (9th century BC) ---
**Author:** ![stephenkirby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@stephenkirby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stephenkirby)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-figure-who-lived-bce/760404/112 "2016-07-25T03:18:18Z")
Parmenides the philosopher who lived on the eastern side of Italy (450 BCE ±) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-figure-who-lived-bce/760404/113 "2016-07-25T03:47:04Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Caesar: 100 BC to 44 BC (another one I can do without looking it up. 😉 ) Et tu, Bigfoot? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-figure-who-lived-bce/760404.md?page=5)