215 B.C. Olympiad 141.2Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | ITA Casilinum surrenders to the Carthaginians.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_23.19'1-20'3;* Strab_5.249'a-b;(4.10) ValMax_7.6'2-3;L Plin:HN_8'222,L 17'7;L Frontin:Str_3.14'2, 15'3, 4.3'20; Silius_12'426-428;L Polyaen_6.38'6; Zonar_9.2'm-o. |
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| 2 | ROM M.Fabius Buteo is appointed dictator, to draw up a new list of senators.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_23.22'1-23'9;* +FastCap_p60; ValMax_7.6'1;L Plut:Fab_9'3-4; {OCD_f.} |
| 3 | {5 February -R} The dedication of a temple of Concordia.
* Read Livy's account @ #ROL_p461; +Liv_22.33'7-8,* 23.21'7. |
| 4 | The previous dictator, M.Junius, holds elections for new consuls.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_23.24'1-5;* +Plut:Marc_12'1-2; ~Zonar_9.3'c. |
| 5 | ITA Hannibal captures Petelia.
* Read Livy's account @ ~Polyb_7.1'3; +Liv_23.30'1-5;* ValMax_6.6e'2;L Petron:Sat_141'c; Frontin:Str_4.3'18; Silius_12'429-433;L Appian:Hann_29'a-c. |
| 6 | SIC Gelon, son of Hieron II, dies while organizing opposition to Rome in Sicily.
@ +Liv_23.30'10-12. |
| 7 | ROM {15 March -R} Gracchus enters office as sole consul, while Marcellus is sent to Cales, where new Roman recruits are assembled.
@ +Liv_23.30'18-31'6; {CAH_8'526.} |
| 8 | Following the death of L.Postumius, Marcellus is elected to be consul, but is forced to resign after a bad omen; Q.Fabius is elected in his place.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_23.31'7-15,* 27.22'1; +FastCap_p60; +Zonar_9.3'd; {CAH_8'70; OCD_m.} |
| 9 | The Romans and Carthaginians prepare for the next year's fighting.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_23.32'1-20;* ~Eutrop_3.11'2; +Zonar_9.3'd, 'g-h. |
| 10 | {8 June -R} The Romans dedicate a temple to Mens, the personification of Mind.
* Read Livy's account @ Liv_22.9'10,* +23.32'20; #Ovid:Fast_6'241-248;L {OCD_m.} |
| 11 | SPA The Carthaginians order Hasdrubal to lead his army into Italy.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_23.27'9-28'6;* +Zonar_9.3'h; {CAH_8'57.} |
| 12 | SIC ?? Archimedes runs from his bath exclaiming "I've found it" after working out how to measure the gold in a crown given to Hieron.
* Read Vitruvius' account @ Vitr_9.pr'9-12;* Plut:Mor_1094'C. |
| 13 | ?? Archimedes constructs war engines for Hieron.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Polyb_8.7'2; Liv_24.34'13; Plut:Marc_14'8-15.* |
| 14 | ?? Hieron builds a huge ship, which he gives as a present to Ptolemaeus.
@ Athen_5.206'd-209'e<q" Moschion>. |
| 16 | ?? Polydorus writes a new set of laws for Syracuse.
@ Diod_13.35'3. |
| 17 | ?? Hieron passes laws for the financial administration of Sicily, known to the Romans as the leges Hieronicae.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Verr_2.2'34, 3'14-15,* '18-19, '120-123, '150, 5'53. |
| 18 | ?? Hieron remains steadfast in his alliance with the Romans and regularly sends aid to them.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_7.5'7;* Liv_25.24'13, 29'7, 26.30'1. |
| 19 | ++ General comments on the long and prosperous reign of Hieron.
* Read Polybius' account @ Athen_6.250'e, 12.542'a<q" Silenus>; Polyb_7.8'1-9;* Silius_14'79-84;L Paus_6.15'6. |
| 20 | The death of Hieron II, king of Syracuse.
* Read Livy's account @ Polyb_3.2'7, ~7.3'6, 7'3; Diod_26.15'1; ~Liv_24.4'1-5'6,* 25.31'4; ValMax_8.13e'1;L Plin:HN_8'143;L Silius_14'85-90;L Paus_6.12'4; Lucian:Macr_10; {CAH_8'61; OCD_h<216>.} |
| 21 | GRE ?? Document: SIG_497, an Athenian decree in honour of Eurycleides.
@ Burstein_67. |
| 22 | MAC An alliance is agreed between Hannibal and Philippus of Macedonia.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_7.9'1-17;* Nepos_23.2'1; +Liv_23.33'1-34'9; Silius_15'289-290;L Flor_1.23'4;L Appian:Mac_1; Just_29.4'2-3; +Eutrop_3.12'2; +Zonar_9.4'a-b; {CAH_8'96-98; OCD_p.} |
| 23 | SAR The Carthaginians foment a revolt in Sardinia.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_23.34'10-17;* +Eutrop_3.12'3. |
| 24 | ITA << A Roman prisoner of Hannibal is sent to fight alone against an elephant, and kills it.
@ Plin:HN_8'118.L |
| 25 | Gracchus defeats the Campanians at Hamae.
@ +Liv_23.35'1-19. |
| 26 | Hannibal fails to capture Cumae, after Gracchus comes to its defence.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_23.36'1-37'9;* Silius_12'1-160;L {CAH_8'53; OCD_g.} |
| 27 | Ti.Sempronius Longus defeats a Carthaginian force under Hanno near Grumentum.
@ +Liv_23.37'10-13. |
| 28 | SPA The Romans defeat Hasdrubal at Ibera.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_23.28'7-29'17,* 26.41'13; ~Eutrop_3.11'2; +Oros_4.16'13;L +Zonar_9.3'g; {CAH_8'57.} |
| 29 | SIC An alliance is agreed between Hannibal and Hieronymus, the grandson of Hieron.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_7.2'1-5'8;* ~Liv_24.5'7-6'9, 25.29'2, 26.30'2, '7; ValMax_3.3e'5;L Silius_14'91-98,L 15'422-424;L Appian:Sic_3'1;(5) {CAH_8'61; OCD_syracuse.} |
| 30 | ASI Antiochus begins the siege of Sardis, which is held by Achaeus.
@ ~Polyb_7.15'2; {The siege lasted for two years.} |
| 31 | ROM The senate debates the alliance between Hannibal and Philippus.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_23.38'1-39'14;* Just_29.4'3; +Eutrop_3.12'3. |
| 32 | ITA Fabius advances into Campania.
@ +Liv_23.39'5-8. |
| 33 | SAR T.Manlius defeats the rebels in Sardinia.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_23.40'1-41'7;* Silius_12'342-419;L Flor_1.22'35;L ~Eutrop_3.13'1-2; +Zonar_9.4'a; {CAH_8'62.} |
| 34 | AFR T.Otacilius leads a Roman fleet in a raid against the African coast.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_23.41'8-12,* 24.8'14-16; {CAH_8'66.} |
| 35 | ITA A Samnite embassy asks Hannibal to protect them against Roman raids.
@ +Liv_23.41'13-43'5. |
| 36 | ITA Marcellus repels an attack by Hannibal on Nola.
* Read Livy's account @ Cic:Brut_12;L +Liv_23.45'6-46'7;* ValMax_1.6'9;L Silius_12'161-305,L '420-423;L +Plut:Marc_12'3-7; Appian:Hann_30'a; Ampel_46'6; +Eutrop_3.12'1; +Oros_4.16'12;L +Zonar_9.3'e-f; {CAH_8'53; OCD_m.} |
| 37 | A duel between Claudius Asellus and the Campanian champion Taurea.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_23.46'8-48'3;* Frontin:Str_3.4'1; Appian:Hann_37'c. |
| 38 | SPA The Romans relieve Iliturgi, after defeating the Carthaginian army there.
@ +Liv_23.48'4-49'14. |
| 39 | ITA The Carthaginians capture Locri and Croton.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_24.1'1-3'5,* 29.6'1; +Eutrop_3.12'1. |
| 40 | Hannibal and Gracchus retire to winter quarters.
* Read Livy's account @ ~Liv_24.3'16-17;* Flor_1.22'30-32.L |
| 41 | ROM The Lex Oppia limits the amount of jewellery and other valuables which can be owned by individuals.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_34.1'3,* 4'6, 5'5, 6'9, '15, 8'3; ValMax_9.1'3;L Silius_12'306-319;L Tac:Ann_3'33, '34; +Oros_4.20'14;L Zonar_9.17'a; {CAH_8'184; OCD_o.} |
| 42 | Some Vestal virgins are buried alive.
* Read ChroniconPaschale's account @ ChronPasc_432'A;* +Hieron:Chron_1802. |
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