Qin Shihuangdi
259 – 210 BCE
Chinese

First emperor. He was an epitome of ruthlessness and slept in a different room each night within vast palaces to make assassination more difficult.

Contemporaries
310–250 BCETheocritus
247–182 BCEHannibal
234–149 BCEMarcus Cato
214–129 BCECarneades
299–210 BCECallimachus
fl. 250 BCEAsoka
310–230 BCEAristarchus of Samos
215–145 BCEAristarchus of Samothrace
287–212 BCEArchimedes