194 B.C. - events and references

194 B.C. Olympiad 146.3

Consuls: P. Cornelius P.f. Scipio Africanus (II), Ti. Sempronius Ti.f. Longus

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1	IT+ The Romans send colonists to Puteoli, Volturnum, Liternum, Salernum, Buxentum, Sipontum, Tempsa, and Croton. * Read Livy's account @ CIL_698'a<t=^L ROL_p274>; +Liv_34.45'1-8;* Strab_5.251'd;^(4.13) !Hieron:Chron_1826; {CAH_8'207; OCD_p.}
2	PEL Flamininus addresses the Greeks at a congress at Corinth, and announces the withdrawal of the Roman forces. * Read Livy's account @ Diod_28.13'1; +Liv_34.48'2-50'9;* Plut:Flam_13'4-8; ~Zonar_9.18'd; {CAH_8'277; OCD_f.}
3	BAE Cato fails to bring the Turdetani and their Celtiberian allies to battle. * Read Livy's account @ ~Liv_34.19'1-10;* Frontin:Str_4.7'35; Plut:CatMai_10'1-2, :Mor_199'C; Zonar_9.17'f-g; {CAH_8'124.}
4	CRE ?? The poet Rhianus receives a belated education after being the warden of a wrestling-school. @ Suda_R'158; {Rhianus is said to have been a contemporary of Eratosthenes.}
5	EGY ?? Eratosthenes measures the circumference of the earth. * Read Vitruvius' account @ Vitr_1.6'9;* Strab_2.132'b;^(5.34) Plin:HN_2'247;^L Censor:DN_13'2.^L
6	?? Eratosthenes designs an instrument to solve a mathematical problem concerning the size of Apollo's altar at Delos. @ Vitr_9.pr'13-14.
7	++ General comments on the character and learning of Eratosthenes. * Read Strabo's account @ Eratosth:Fr_T1; Strab_1.15'a,^(2.2) 'c-d;* ^(2.2) Suet:Gram_10; ClemAl:Strom_1.16'e.
8	<< The death of Eratosthenes. * Read Suda's account @ AnthPal_7'78; Eratosth:Fr_T1; Lucian:Macr_27; Censor:DN_15'2;^L ~Suda_E'2898;* {OCD_e; Green_706<196>.}
9	<< Aristophanes is appointed to be head of the library at Alexandria. * Read Vitruvius' account @ Vitr_7.pr'4-7;* POxy_1241; Suda_A'3936; {OCD_a.}
10	SPA Cato subdues the Lacetani and Bergistani. * Read Livy's account @ ~Liv_34.16'8-10;* Frontin:Str_3.10'1; {CAH_8'124.}
11	CIS Sempronius fights an indecisive battle against the Boii. * Read Livy's account @ +Liv_34.46'4-48'1;* +Oros_4.20'15.^L
12	THR Antiochus protects Byzantium against the Thracians. @ Appian:Syr_6'a; {CAH_8'124.}
13	SPA << Stratagems employed by Cato in Spain. * Read Frontinus' account @ Frontin:Str_1.2'5,* 3.1'2.
14	++ General comments on the conquests, and frugal lifestyle, of Cato in Spain. * Read Plutarch's account @ Liv_42.34'6-7; ValMax_4.3'11;^L Frontin:Str_4.3'1; Plut:CatMai_10'4-6,* :Mor_199'D; Flor_1.33'8-9;^L Hieron:Chron_1821.
15	ROM Cato returns from Spain, and celebrates a triumph. * Read Plutarch's account @ Nepos:Cat_2'1-2; +Liv_34.46'1-3; +FastTr_p102; Sen:Ep_87'10; Plin:HN_14'91;^L Plut:CatMai_5'7, 11'1-4.*
16	MAC << Document: SIG_593, a letter from Flamininus to the town of Chyretiae. @ Bagnall_34.
17	PEL ++ The upright conduct of Flamininus in Greece. @ Plut:Sull_12'9-11.
18	ROM Flamininus celebrates a triumph for his victories over Philippus and Nabis. * Read Livy's account @ Cic:Verr_2.4'129; +Liv_34.50'10-52'12;* +FastTr_p102; ValMax_5.2'6;^L Plut:Flam_13'9-14'2; Just_31.3'2; [Euseb]:Chron_243'c; Eutrop_4.2'2; Oros_4.20'2-3;^L {CAH_8'278; Green_418.}
19	ROM == Scipio opens up the public treasury after the quaestors refuse to do so for legal reasons. * Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_23.14'5-6;* Diod_29.21'1; Liv_38.55'13; ValMax_3.7'1;^L Plut:Mor_196'F; {See Walbank, p.244.}
20	== Temples are dedicated to Juno Matuta, Faunus, Fortuna Primigenia, and Jupiter. @ +Liv_34.53'3-7.

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