back 209 B.C. Olympiad 142.4

Consuls: Q. Fabius Q.f. Maximus Verrucosus (V), Q. Fulvius M.f. Flaccus (IV)
Achaean General: Nicias

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1 ROM Twelve Latin colonies refuse to provide contingents for the Roman army.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Liv_27.7'7-11'6,*  37'5, 29.15'2; ValMax_6.9'3;L  {CAH_8'75, '202.}
2 The censors M.Cornelius Cethegus and P.Sempronius Tuditanus revise the lists of senators and equites.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Liv_27.11'7-16,*  29.37'1; +FastCap_p62.
3 SPA Scipio captures Carthago Nova.
* Read Polybius' account
@ ~Polyb_10.6'1-20'5;*  (?) Diod_26.21'1; ~Liv_26.41'1-51'14; ValMax_4.3'1;L  Frontin:Str_2.11'5, 3.9'1; Silius_15'180-285,L  '400-409;L  Plut:Mor_196'B; Appian:Hisp_19'a-23'c; Polyaen_8.16'6; Gell_7.8'3, '6;L  DioCass_fr.57'42=43; [Vict]:VirIll_49'7-8;L  ~Eutrop_3.15'2-3; ~Oros_4.18'1;L  +Zonar_9.8'c-e; {CAH_8'59; OCD_s.}
4 {? July} Philippus visits Argos and attends the Nemean Games.
* Read Polybius' account
@ ~Polyb_10.25'1-26'10;*  ~Liv_27.29'9-31'8; Appian:Mac_3'1-2; ~Zonar_9.9'c-d; {See Lazenby, pp.163-164.}
5 ROM News of the capture of Carthago Nova reaches Rome.
* Read Livy's account
@ ~Polyb_10.19'7-9; +Liv_27.7'1-6;*  Appian:Hisp_23'c; ~Eutrop_3.15'3; Oros_4.18'1.L 
6 ITA Indecisive fighting between Hannibal and Marcellus near Canusium.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Liv_27.12'1-15'3;*  Plut:Marc_25'3-26'8; ~Oros_4.18'4;L  {CAH_8'55.}
7 PEL Philopoemen reorganizes the Achaean cavalry.
* Read Polybius' account
@ ~Polyb_10.21'1-24'7;*  Plut:Phil_7'3-9; Paus_8.49'7; Suda_Ph'409; {Around the time of Philippus' invasion of Elis.}
8 PER Antiochus forces the Parthian king into submission.
* Read Polybius' account
@ ~Polyb_10.27'1-31'13;*  Just_41.5'7; {Green_295.}
9 PEL Philippus invades Elis.
@ ~Liv_27.31'9-32'9; {See Lazenby, p.164.}
10 ITA Fabius captures Tarentum.
* Read Livy's account
@ Polyb_10.1'1-10; Cic:DeOr_2'273,L  :Brut_72,L  :Sen_10-11,L  41;L  +Liv_27.15'4-16'16;*  Strab_6.278'c;(3.1)  Plin:HN_34'40;L  Silius_15'320-333;L  Plut:CatMai_2'3-6, :Fab_19'5-23'1, :Mor_195'F; Appian:Hann_49'a-b; Polyaen_8.14'3; +Eutrop_3.16'1; August:DeCiv_1.6'c-d; +Oros_4.18'5;L  +Zonar_9.8'a-b; {CAH_8'55; OCD_t.}
11 MAC Philippus is forced to return to Macedonia after receiving news of an invasion by the Dardani.
* Read Livy's account
@ ~Liv_27.32'9-33'5;*  Silius_15'312-314;L  Just_29.4'6-10; ~Zonar_9.9'd; {Green_704<208>; but see Lazenby, p.164.}
12 SYR << Antiochus III establishes his son Antiochus as joint king.
@ +BabylChron_BM.35603'R4-5.
13 ROM The tribune C.Publicius Bibulus attacks Marcellus' handling of the war, but Marcellus is elected consul for the coming year.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Liv_27.20'9-21'8,*  25'10; Plut:Marc_27'1-7.
14 SPA >> Indibilis, Mandonius, and other Spanish leaders leave the Carthaginian army and go over to Scipio.
* Read Polybius' account
@ ~Polyb_10.34'1-38'6;*  ~Liv_27.27'1-17; DioCass_fr.57'42-43; ~Eutrop_3.15'3; ~Zonar_9.8'e; {CAH_8'59.}
15 CRE ?? Document: ILS_9458, a dedication by Lucius, the Roman commander of an Egyptian garrison.
@ Sherk1_1.

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