203 B.C. Olympiad 144.2Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | ROM {March -R} The new consuls enter office, and are given command of the war in Italy.
@ +Liv_30.1'1-2'13. |
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| 2 | AFR Scipio makes a successful night attack on the camp of Syphax.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_14.1'1-6'5;* +Liv_30.3'1-7'2; Frontin:Str_1.1'3, 2'1, 2.5'29; Silius_17'85-108,L '177-178;L Plut:Fab_26'3; ~Appian:Pun_17'a-24'a; DioCass_fr.57'72, '77; Eutrop_3.20'2; ~Oros_4.18'18-19;L +Zonar_9.12'f-i; {CAH_8'63; OCD_s.} |
| 3 | The Carthaginians resolve to continue the war in conjunction with Syphax.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_14.6'6-7'8;* +Liv_30.7'3-13; ~Appian:Pun_24'a-b; {CAH_8'63.} |
| 4 | Scipio defeats the Carthaginians at the battle of the Great Plains.
* Read Polybius' account @ Ennius:Fr_p398'14; ~Polyb_14.7'9-9'5;* +Liv_30.8'1-9'4, 28'11, 30'14; Silius_17'109-148;L Flor_1.22'56;L ~Oros_4.18'20;L {CAH_8'63; OCD_s.} |
| 5 | The Carthaginians attack the Roman fleet at Utica, while Scipio is occupying Tunis.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_14.9'6-10'12;* +Liv_30.9'5-10'21; (?) Frontin:Str_4.7'12; Plut:Fab_26'3; ~Appian:Pun_24'b-25'b, 30'b-c; +Zonar_9.12'i-j; {CAH_8'63, '66; OCD_s.} |
| 6 | NUM ?? Syphax returns territory which had been captured by Masinissa to Carthage.
@ Liv_40.17'1-4. |
| 7 | {22 June -R} Laelius and Masinissa defeat and capture Syphax.
* Read Livy's account @ Polyb_15.4'4; Sall:Jug_5'4, 14'8; Diod_27.10'1; +Liv_30.11'1-12'22,* 44'12; #Ovid:Fast_6'769-770;L ValMax_6.9e'7;L Silius_16'272;L Just_38.6'5; Eutrop_3.20'2; ~Oros_4.18'21;L +Zonar_9.13'a-b; {CAH_8'63; OCD_s.} |
| 8 | AFR Masinissa persuades Sophonisba to commit suicide.
* Read Livy's account @ Diod_27.6'1-8'1; +Liv_30.13'1-15'14,* 45.7'2, 14'2; ~Appian:Pun_27'a-28'c; DioCass_fr.57'73; ~Oros_4.18'21;L +Zonar_9.13'b-e. |
| 9 | ASI << Document: Austin_151, a decree of Teos in honour of Antiochus III. {CAH_8'250.} |
| 10 | EGY << The murder of Arsinoe, the widow of Ptolemaeus IV.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_15.25'2, '8-9,* '12, 26a'1-2, 33'11; Just_30.1'7, 2'7; Suda_A'2230; {OCD_a<205>; Holbl_p134.} |
| 11 | << Ptolemaeus V is proclaimed king.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_15.25'3-19;* +Hieron:Chron_1814; {CAH_8'251<204?>; Holbl_p134<204?, a little while after dad's death>.} |
| 12 | << The floruit of Aristophanes of Byzantium.
@ Suda_A'3933. |
| 13 | AFR Hasdrubal tries to win over some of Scipio's allies.
* Read Appian's account @ Appian:Pun_29'a-30'b;* +Zonar_9.12'k. |
| 14 | Scipio agrees to a short truce with the Carthaginians.
* Read Livy's account @ Polyb_15.1'6-8, 8'7; +Liv_30.16'1-15;* Plut:Fab_26'2-4; ~Appian:Pun_31'a; DioCass_fr.57'74; +Eutrop_3.21'1-2; Zonar_9.12'e, +13'f-g; {CAH_8'63.} |
| 15 | ROM Laelius arrives at Rome with Syphax, and envoys from Masinissa.
@ +Liv_30.17'1-14. |
| 16 | CIS ?? Mago defeats and captures Cn.Piso.
@ Frontin:Str_3.6'5. |
| 17 | The praetor Quinctilius Varus defeats Mago, who later dies of his wounds at sea near Sardinia.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_30.18'1-19'11,* 31.11'5; DioCass_fr.58'5; Zonar_9.12'e, +13'g, 15'g; {CAH_8'56; OCD_m.} |
| 18 | ITA ?? Valerius treacherously murders the son of Lucius, his father-in-law.
@ Plut:Mor_311'D-E; {This story is unlikely to have any historical basis.} |
| 19 | ?? Hannibal falls in love with a prostitute from Salapia.
@ Plin:HN_3'103.L |
| 20 | ?? Hannibal is warned in a dream not to steal a column from the temple of Juno at Lacinium.
@ Cic:Div_1'48.L |
| 21 | ++ The devastation caused by Hannibal's long stay in Italy.
* Read Polybius' account @ Macrob:Sat_6.7'10<q"L Cato>; Polyb_10.33'1-7;* Sall:Jug_5'4; Diod_29.19'1; Strab_5.251'd,(4.13) 6.255'd;(1.5) Vell_1.15'1; ValMax_9.2e'2;L Sen:Dial_4.5'4; Frontin:Str_3.2'3; Plut:Mor_324'B; Appian:Pun_134'b, :Syr_10'b; Gell_2.6'7; Malal_209. |
| 22 | Hannibal is ordered by the Carthaginians to leave Italy, and sails back to Africa; Pelorus, Hannibal's helmsman, dies during the journey.
* Read Livy's account @ [Cic]:RhetHer_3'2;L Sall:Hist_4'25; Diod_27.9'1-10'1; +Liv_30.19'12-21'10;* ValMax_9.8e'1;L Mela_2'116; Frontin:Str_1.3'8; Silius_17'149-290;L Plut:Ages_15'6, :Fab_26'5; Appian:Hann_1'a, 58'a-61'b, ~:Pun_33'a-b; Eutrop_3.20'3; ~Oros_4.19'1;L +Zonar_9.13'g; {CAH_8'56, '63; OCD_h.} |
| 23 | ROM Carthaginian envoys appear before the Roman senate to discuss peace terms.
* Read Livy's account @ Polyb_15.1'3, 8'8-9; +Liv_30.21'11-23'8,* 30'27-28; (?) ValMax_7.2'3;L ~Appian:Pun_31'a-32'b; DioCass_fr.57'74; +Eutrop_3.21'2-3; +Zonar_9.13'g-h; {CAH_8'72.} |
| 24 | P.Sulpicius is appointed dictator, to stop Caepio crossing to Africa.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_30.24'1-4,* 45.36'9; +FastCap_p62; {CAH_8'73.} |
| 25 | << Fabius is awarded a crown of grass for saving Rome from Hannibal.
* Read Gellius' account @ Plin:HN_22'10;L Gell_5.6'10;* {This is explicitly stated by Plinius to be after (18).} |
| 26 | ?? The generous treatment by Fabius of a Marsian and a Lucanian who were both suspected of treason.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Fab_20'1-6,* :Mor_195'E-F; [Vict]:VirIll_42'5.L |
| 27 | ++ General comments on the character of Fabius, and his role in the defeat of Hannibal.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Rep_5'10,L :Sen_11-12;L ValMax_3.8'2;L Sen:Dial_4.31'4, :Ben_2.7'1; Plut:Marc_9'7, :Fab_1'3-5,* 19'1-5, 28'1-4, 30'1-3, :Mor_195'D. |
| 28 | The death of Fabius Maximus Cunctator, who had been augur for 62 years.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_30.26'7-10;* ValMax_5.2'3,L 8.13'3;L Plin:HN_7'156;L Plut:Fab_27'1-2; {OCD_f.} |
| 29 | Delegations from Greek states complain to the Roman senate that Philippus has broken the terms of the peace treaty.
@ +Liv_30.26'2-4; {CAH_8'245.} |
| 30 | == The "picus Martius", a bird of good omen, is seen to land on the head of the praetor P.Aelius Paetus.
@ FabPict_32; {Since the Paetus in the story was praetor urbanus, he is probably identical with the Paetus who was praetor for this year (Liv_30.1'9).} |
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