204 B.C. Olympiad 144.1Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | ROM ?? M.Cato becomes a political ally of Fabius Maximus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:CatMai_3'4,* :Mor_805'E-F. |
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| 2 | Cato as quaestor is assigned to Scipio in Sicily.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Brut_60,L :Sen_32;L Nepos:Cat_1'3; Plin:HN_pref'30;L Plut:CatMai_3'5;* {OCD_c.} |
| 3 | {4 April -R} The image of the Magna Mater arrives at Rome; P.Scipio Nasica and Claudia are chosen to lead it into the city.
* Read Livy's account @ Cic:HarResp_27, :Sen_45;L Diod_34.33'1-3; +Liv_29.13'1-14'14,* 35.10'9, 36.36'3; #Ovid:Fast_4'291-347;L ValMax_7.5'2,L 8.15'3;L Plin:HN_7'120;L Silius_17'1-47;L Suet:Tib_2'3; ~Appian:Hann_56'a-c; MinFel:Oct_7'3; DioCass_fr.57'61; Herodian_1.11'3-5; Arnob_2'73, 7'49; ChronPasc_433'B; Julian:Or_5.159'D-161'B; [Vict]:VirIll_46'1-3;L AmmMarc_22.9'5;L August:DeCiv_1.30'a-b, 2.5'a, 10.16'q; {OCD_s; Green_704.} |
| 4 | Twelve Latin colonies are punished for failing to provide contingents during the last six years.
@ +Liv_29.15'1-16'3; {CAH_8'202.} |
| 5 | The senate debates the conduct of Scipio in Sicily, and the crimes of Pleminius at Locri.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_29.16'4-20'10;* Plut:CatMai_3'5-6, 32'4; DioCass_fr.57'62; {CAH_8'73.} |
| 6 | SIC Roman commissioners, led by the praetor M.Pomponius, punish Pleminius, but approve of the preparations of Scipio's army.
* Read Livy's account @ Ennius:Ann_441-447; Diod_27.4'6-8; +Liv_29.20'11-22'12,* 31.12'2-3, 34.44'6, 38.52'7; ValMax_1.1'21,L 1e'1;L Plut:CatMai_3'7; Appian:Hann_55'b-c. |
| 7 | PAL ?? The end of the captivity of the ten tribes of Samaria.
@ DemHist_6. |
| 8 | EGY ?? Ptolemaeus IV dedicates a temple to Homerus.
@ PLoeb_3.105b; Aelian:VH_13'22. |
| 9 | ?? Ptolemaeus launches a huge warship, 280 cubits long, with 40 banks of oars.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plin:HN_7'208;L Plut:Demetr_43'5.* |
| 10 | ?? Ptolemaeus begins to build walls around Gortyn in Crete, but does not complete them.
@ Strab_10.478'd.(4.11) |
| 11 | ?? Arsinoe disapproves of a festival instituted by Ptolemaeus.
@ Athen_7.276'b-c<q" Eratosth:Fr_16>. |
| 12 | EGY ?? Document: OGI_86, an inscription put up by elephant hunters, led by Alexander, Charimortus, and Apoasis.
@ Austin_279. |
| 13 | ?? Document: BGU_1211, a royal decree about the Dionysiac artists.
@ Bagnall_33. |
| 13a | ?? Ptolemaeus IV constructs two enormous ships, one for the sea and one for the river Nile.
@ Athen_5.203'e-206'c<q" Callixein>. |
| 14 | ++ The indolent lifestyle of Ptolemaeus IV.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_14.11'1-12'6;* Strab_17.796'a;(1.11) Plut:Mor_56'E, 60'A; Athen_6.246'C<q" PtolMeg>; Aelian:VH_14'31; Just_30.1'7-2'5; Porph:Fr_45. |
| 15 | The death of Ptolemaeus IV Philopator.
* Read Justin's account @ Polyb_15.20'1-2, 26'3, 34'5-6; Liv_32.33'4; Strab_17.795'e;(1.11) ClemAl:Strom_1.21'w; Just_30.2'6;* Trog:Prol_30; [Euseb]:Chron_127'c, ~161'c, 169'd; ChronPasc_433'C; +AstrCan_3; Malal_197; ExcBarb_35B; {CAH_8'251; OCD_p<205?>.} |
| 16 | NUM Hasdrubal persuades Syphax to repudiate his friendship with Scipio.
* Read Livy's account @ Diod_27.5'1; +Liv_29.23'6-24'7;* Frontin:Str_2.7'4; Silius_17'59-66,L '76-84;L Polyaen_8.16'7; +Zonar_9.12'a-b, 13'c. |
| 17 | SIC << Scipio draws up laws for Agrigentum.
@ Cic:Verr_2.2'123. |
| 18 | AFR Scipio crosses from Lilybaeum to Africa, and lands at Pulchri Promunturium, north of Utica.
* Read Livy's account @ Ennius:Fr_p394'1-4; +Liv_29.24'8-27'15;* ValMax_3.7'1;L Plin:HN_16'192;L Frontin:Str_1.12'1; Silius_17'48-58;L Flor_1.22'54-55;L ~Appian:Pun_13'a-c; Oros_4.18'17;L Malal_209; +Zonar_9.12'b-c; {CAH_8'63; OCD_s.} |
| 19 | ITA Indecisive fighting in Bruttium between Hannibal and Sempronius.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_29.36'4-12;* Appian:Hann_56'a, 57'a-c; DioCass_fr.57'70; +Oros_4.18'18;L {CAH_8'56.} |
| 20 | SYR ?? Euphorion is appointed by Antiochus to be head of the public library in Syria, and after he dies is buried either in Apameia or in Antioch.
@ Suda_E'3801; {According to the Suda, Euphorion was born in about 275 B.C.} |
| 21 | PEL ?? The tyrannical behaviour of Nabis at Sparta.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_13.6'1-8'7;* Diod_27.1'1-2; Liv_34.38'2, 39.37'2; Plut:Mor_240'B; Paus_4.29'10, 7.8'5, 9'2. |
| 22 | ?? An alleged plot by Philippus to murder Philopoemen.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Phil_12'1-2;* Paus_8.50'4; Just_29.4'11; {According to Errington ("Philopoemen", p.70) this plot should be dated to around 205 B.C.} |
| 23 | GRE The revolutionary laws of Dorimachus and Scopas in Aetolia.
* Read Suda's account @ ~Polyb_13.1'2-2'5; Suda_S'653.* |
| 24 | AEG The outbreak of war between Crete and Rhodes, allegedly caused by Heracleides, an agent of Philippus.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_13.3'1-5'7;* Diod_27.3'1, 28.1'1; Polyaen_5.17'2; {CAH_8'248; Green_306.} |
| 25 | ARA << Antiochus allows the Gerraeans to retain their liberty.
@ ~Polyb_13.9'1-5; {Green_295.} |
| 26 | AFR Scipio moves a short distance inland, and is joined by Masinissa.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_29.28'1-29'5,* 37.53'21; Lucan_4'658-660; ~Appian:Pun_14'a-c; Ampel_37'2; DioCass_fr.57'63-67; +Zonar_9.12'c-d; {OCD_m.} |
| 27 | Hanno the son of Hamilcar is defeated and killed by Scipio near Salaeca.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_29.34'1-35'3,* 30.28'11; ~Appian:Pun_15'a-b; DioCass_fr.57'68; Eutrop_3.20'2; Oros_4.18'17;L +Zonar_9.12'e; {CAH_8'63.} |
| 28 | Scipio besieges Utica.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_29.35'4-36'3;* ~Appian:Pun_16'a-b; DioCass_fr.57'68-69; +Zonar_9.12'e; {CAH_8'63; OCD_s.} |
| 29 | IT+ There is an exceptionally plentiful harvest in Italy.
@ ~Plin:HN_18'16.L |
| 30 | ROM Cato returns from Africa to Rome, together with the poet Q.Ennius.
* Read St.Jerome's account @ Nepos:Cat_1'4; [Vict]:VirIll_47'1;L Hieron:Chron_1777;* {~OCD_e; Green_704.} |
| 31 | == Dissension between the censors C.Claudius Nero and M.Livius Salinator.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_29.37'1-17,* 36.36'6, 39.3'5; +FastCap_p62; ValMax_2.9'6,L 7.2'6;L Juvenal_11'91-92;L Suet:Tib_3'2; DioCass_fr.57'70-71; [Vict]:VirIll_50'3;L {OCD_s.} |
| 32 | == The Lex Cincia prevents lawyers from receiving fees from clients.
* Read Livy's account @ Cic:DeOr_2'286,L :Sen_10;L Liv_34.4'9;* Arnob_2'67; {OCD_lex.} |
| 33 | ?? The death of Q.Fabius Maximus, the son of Fabius Cunctator.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Tusc_3'70,L :ND_3'80,L :Sen_12,L :Fam_4.6'1;* Plut:Fab_1'5, 24'4; {Fabius died shortly before his father.} |
| 34 | ?? Poetry starts to be composed in Latin.
@ Gell_17.21'45<q"L Licinus>; {Licinus simply dates this to the second Punic War.} |
| 35 | ?? The poet Livius Andronicus is granted his freedom by his master Livius Salinator.
@ !Hieron:Chron_1830; {Green_704 |
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